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.
Portrait of Nicolai Abildgaard by Jens Juel (1772)
The Wounded Philoctetes (1775)
Cabinet painted in trompe-l'œil fashion by Abildgaard
Nightmare (1800) after Henry Fuseli's The Nightmare (1781).
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Gustav III's Visit to the academy 1780 (Martin)
Model Class at the academy c. 1824 (Lorentzen)
Model Class at the academy 1826 (Bendz)