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Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven forvandler hendes elsker Lucius til et æsel og ikke til en fugl (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
c. 1807–1808
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
33.5 × 42.5 cm
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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