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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (1743 - 1809) was active/lived in Denmark.  Nicolai Abildgaard is known for Neo-classic and royal history painting, sculpture, architecture, teaching.

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 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 Palace at Amalienborg.

Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the son of Anne Margrethe (née Bastholm) and Søren Abildgaard, a noted antiquarian draughtsman.

Abildgaard was trained by a painting master before he joined the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen, where he studied under the guidance of Johan Edvard Mandelberg and Johannes Wiedewelt. He won a series of medallions at the Academy for his brilliance from 1764 to 1767.

The Large Gold Medallion from the Academy won in 1767 included a travel stipend, which he waited five ye   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7493 characters.]  Artist bio

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