Notes with a studies for the Column of Liberty (Frihedstøtten)

Provenance

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Artist: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (Danish, Copenhangen 1743–1809 Frederiksdal)
Date: ca. 1791
Medium: Pen and brown ink, graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/16 x 4 1/2 in. (15.4 x 11.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2009
Accession no.: 2009.399

Venus with a Dove
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
ca. 1780 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00022800
Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, with Ganymede, and a sketch of two peacocks
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023026
Nemesis and Themis
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023313
Two Nude Men Playing with Dice
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023314

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