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Nicolai Abildgaard

72 works

Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809) was a painter, draftsperson and sculptor from the Kingdom of Denmark. Read more

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Seated allegorical woman in white gown holding a tablet, leaning on a fasces, with a rainbow behind her.

Jurisprudence. Allegorical figure

1800

Seated woman in classical dress holds a golden armored figure beside a round shield, with trees and a faint bull in the backg

Philosophy

1800

Classical street scene with columned temple, two arguing men, a running woman, and a cart passing under an arch.

The midwife leaves the girl from Andros's house. Simo says to Davus that he considers the childbirth pure deception.…

1801

Two men talk at the base of a stone staircase before a classical temple, with figures and a dog in a sunlit square.

The lover Pamfilus in conversation with his cunning servant Davus. Motif from Terence: The Girl from Andros

1802

Painting of a crowned king on a dais receiving a kneeling woman with a crown, flanked by clergy, courtiers and crowned women.

Christian I elevates Holstein to a duchy in 1474. Allegory. Painting executed for Christiansborg Palace

1780

Seated man in armour studies a plan with advisers, a dog and cannons in front, a castle and soldiers behind.

Frederik II builds Kronborg

1781-1782

Painting of a crowned king on a throne with allegorical women and a heraldic eagle holding a shield above.

Christian VII unites the ducal with the royal part of Holstein in 1773

1790

Painting of an old bearded bard in a blue cloak raising his arm, holding a harp, with a spear, in a dark landscape.

Ossian. The old blind Scottish bard sings his swan song to the harp

1780-1782

Oil painting of a muscular nude man with raised arms and a green loincloth against a dark background.

Male figure. Copy after one of the risen from Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel

1774

Painting of a sleeping man beside a roaring bull, with a preacher and congregation in misty background.

Niels Klim believes he hears the sexton in Fane Church when he wakes on the subterranean planet to a bull's roar

1785-1787

Seated man in green tunic weeps with head in hand beside a dark doorway, a small dog growling on steps at right.

The Roman poet Tibullus weeps outside his beloved's door, because he has no money

1808

Man in blue coat seated at a table, gesturing to a woman with feathered headdress; skeleton and skulls in dim interior.

The doctor's wife reveals that her husband will dissect Niels Klim for the advancement of science

1785-1787

Painting of a kneeling young man before a crowned, bearded old ruler, watched by a crowd in a dim, foliage-filled interior.

The Potuans wonder at seeing Niels Klim's genuflection before the wise prince

1785-1787

Oil painting of a crowned king seated on a throne as a kneeling peasant offers grain, with two draped women standing behind.

The abolition of serfdom 1788. Allegory

1790

Painting of tree-like figures with human faces playing horns in a procession, with a bearded man in branches and a standing y

A Potuan, whose reform proposals have been approved, is carried in triumph

1785-1787

Allegorical painting of a crowned woman seated on clouds with attendant figures, a griffin, and a reclining nude warrior belo

Frederick V as protector of science and the arts. Allegory

1787

Painting of a man with a sword walking past a stone pillar toward red-roofed buildings under a cloudy sky.

Niels Klim wandering in Potu

1785-1786

Painting of a seated woman with a rosary beside a chalice, with armored crusaders and a banner charging in the background.

The hierarchy at its highest in the period of the Crusades. Allegory of one of four main epochs in European cultural…

1784

Kneeling figure in white shirt faces a dark forest with pale ghostly figures among the trees.

The Potuans' devotion on the feast day of the incomprehensible god

1785-1786

Painting of a bandaged man in red costume with a sword on a warship deck amid sailors, cannon and fallen men.

Christian IV on the "Trefoldigheden" in the Battle of Kolberger Heide 1644

1782

Oil painting of a nude woman reclining while a clothed woman in a red headscarf leans toward her in a wooded landscape.

The Greek poet Sappho and the woman from Mytilene

1809

Oil painting of a seated man in blue shorts embraced from behind by a woman in a cream gown, with an empty birdcage nearby.

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

1809

Painting of nude Amor and Psyche embracing and kissing against a blue sky, with a quiver, bow and doves on the ground.

Amor and Psyche embracing each other

Painting of a man in a blue tunic lunging forward with a spear beside a fur-draped bench in a dark room.

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

Painting of a family gathered in an emotional farewell, with a seated man in red watching from the right side.

A farewell scene

1758

Painting of a dramatic male figure in blue tunic and red breeches lunging forward with a raised fist beside a fur-draped couc

Richard III

1787

Nude man with long hair grips his wounded foot while crouching on a leopard skin beside a stone inscription and a quiver of a

The Wounded Philoctetes

1775

Bearded man in red robe playing lyre beside a reclining nude youth in a garden with fruit trees and a serpent.

Den græske digter Anakreon med Bathyllos

1808

Painting of a nude figure grasping a huge dark bull under orange streaked sky, with two frightened figures on the left.

Ymer dier koen Ødhumbla

1775-1778

Painting of an ancient city street with a columned temple, a bearded man in blue and orange, servants, and a woman at a balco

Simo betror sin frigivne Sosia sine bekymringer over sin søns forhold til pigen fra Andros. Motiv fra Terents: Pigen…

1803

Crowned king in armor clasps the hand of a kneeling woman beneath allegorical figures of justice and law in clouds.

Christian III ophjælper Danmark. Allegori

1780-1781

Seated woman in pink and yellow robes holding up a Medusa-like head with curling hair, on stone steps against a dark backgrou

Teologien. Allegorisk figur

1800

Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809) was a painter, draftsperson and sculptor from the Kingdom of Denmark. Nicolai Abildgaard was born and died in Copenhagen. Browse 72 works by Nicolai Abildgaard from 6 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata