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Design for an overdoor. A winged old man kneeling, shaking snow out of a sieve, representing the North Wind, Nicolai Abildgaard

Design for an overdoor. A winged old man kneeling, shaking snow out of a sieve, representing the North Wind

Udkast til dørstykke. En vinget olding på knæ, der ryster sne ud af et sold, fremstillende Nordenvinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Pencil on bluish grey paper
Dimensions
12.5 × 28 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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