Nemesis and Themis

Provenance

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Artist: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (Danish, Copenhangen 1743–1809 Frederiksdal)
Date: mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 5 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (14.2 x 10.9 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2011
Accession no.: 2011.254

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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00022800
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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023026
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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023199
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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.