Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush by Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard — Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard. Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush, mid-18th–early 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush

by Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard

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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, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 3 x 7 1/8 in. (7.6 x 18.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2011
Accession no.: 2011.267

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