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Design for a ceiling, the centre of which is covered by a double row of rays on a blue ground, while masks are placed in rosettes on an orange ground around it, Nicolai Abildgaard

Design for a ceiling, the centre of which is covered by a double row of rays on a blue ground, while masks are placed in rosettes on an orange ground around it

Udkast til et loft, hvis midte er dækket af en dobbelt række stråler på blå bund, mens der udenom i rosetter er anbragt masker på orange bund (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Pencil, pen, grey ink, brush and watercolour
Dimensions
22.9 × 17 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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