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The Revival of Learning, the Invention of Printing and Gunpowder and the Discovery of America, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Revival of Learning, the Invention of Printing and Gunpowder and the Discovery of America

Videnskabernes fornyelse, bogtrykkerkunstens og krudtets opfindelse samt Amerikas opdagelse. Allegori på en af fire hovedepoker i Europas kulturhistorie (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
1784
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29.5 × 29.5 cm
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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