Nicolai Abildgaard

Artist (Denmark)

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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (September 11, 1743 – June 4, 1809) was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of his works were in the royal Christiansborg Palace (some destroyed by fire 1794), Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Pal...

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Nightmare by Nicolai Abildgaard

Nightmare 

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The Wounded Philoctetes by Nicolai Abildgaard

The Wounded Philoctetes  1775

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Simo and his former slave Sosia by Nicolai Abildgaard

Simo and his former slave Sosia  1803

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Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla by Nicolai Abildgaard

Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla  1777

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Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore by Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore 

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Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother by Nicolai Abildgaard

Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother 

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Richard III by Nicolai Abildgaard

Richard III  1787

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Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore by Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore  1781

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Julia and Fulvia by Nicolai Abildgaard

Julia and Fulvia  1800

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Pamphilius and his sevant Davus. From Terence´s Andria by Nicolai Abildgaard

Pamphilius and his sevant Davus. From Terence´s Andria  1802

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Untitled by Nicolai Abildgaard

Untitled 

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The Midwife Taking Leave of the girl from Andros. From Terence´s Andria by Nicolai Abildgaard

The Midwife Taking Leave of the girl from Andros. From Te...  1801

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The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria. by Nicolai Abildgaard

The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria...  1804

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The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene by Nicolai Abildgaard

The Greek Poet Sappho and the Girl from Mytilene  1809

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Thetis Immersing her Infant Son Achilles in the River Styx to Make him Invulnerable by Nicolai Abildgaard

Thetis Immersing her Infant Son Achilles in the River Sty...  1796

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The Prayers of the Potuans at the Feast of the Unfathomable God by Nicolai Abildgaard

The Prayers of the Potuans at the Feast of the Unfathomab...  1785

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Richard III terrified by nightmarish visions. Shakespeare, Act 5, Scene 9 by Nicolai Abildgaard

Richard III terrified by nightmarish visions. Shakespeare... 

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Catullus and Lesbia, who in his arms seek solace for the death of her sparrow by Nicolai Abildgaard

Catullus and Lesbia, who in his arms seek solace for the...  1809

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The Dying Messalina and her Mother by Nicolai Abildgaard

The Dying Messalina and her Mother  1795

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Ismene and Antogone Plead with Theseus by Nicolai Abildgaard

Ismene and Antogone Plead with Theseus  1794

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