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Design for an overdoor. A reclining female figure, representing the South Wind, Nicolai Abildgaard

Design for an overdoor. A reclining female figure, representing the South Wind

Udkast til dørstykke. En liggende kvindefigur, fremstillende Søndenvinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Pencil and white chalk on bluish-grey paper
Dimensions
17.3 × 34.7 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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