Nicolai Abildgaard
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard 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 , Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Palace at Amalienborg.
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was born on September 11, 1743 in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the son of Sren Abildgaard, an antiquarian draughtsman of repute, and Anne Margrethe Bastholm.
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