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June 4, 1809
Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (born 1743)
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.