Venus with a Dove

Provenance

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Artist: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (Danish, Copenhangen 1743–1809 Frederiksdal)
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Graphite, pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (20.5 x 16.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2008
Accession no.: 2008.384

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.