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Design for an overdoor. Sleep, a reclining female figure with a small child and, at her right side, a lion, Nicolai Abildgaard

Design for an overdoor. Sleep, a reclining female figure with a small child and, at her right side, a lion

Udkast til dørstykke. Søvnen, en liggende kvindefigur med et lille barn og ved hendes højre side en løve (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Drawing
Dimensions
17.3 × 31.3 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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