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Design for a door decoration. A reclining winged old man with thunderbolts in his hand, to the left a veiled woman, Nicolai Abildgaard

Design for a door decoration. A reclining winged old man with thunderbolts in his hand, to the left a veiled woman

Udkast til dørstykke. En liggende vinget olding med tordenkiler i hånden, til venstre en tilsløret kvinde (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Pencil and white chalk on bluish-grey paper
Dimensions
13.3 × 29.6 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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