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Nicolai Abildgaard

1743 - 1809

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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) 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 (some destroyed by fire 1794), Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Palace at Amalienborg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolai Abildgaard is the 158th most popular painter (up from 354th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 111th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Painter.

Nicolaus Abildgaard is most famous for his painting of the Danish king, Christian VII, and his queen, Caroline Mathilde.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nicolai Abildgaard ranks 158 out of 2,023. Before him are William Hogarth, John Constable, Gentile Bellini, Robert Delaunay, Robert Campin, and Frédéric Bazille. After him are Théodore Rousseau, Pinturicchio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Fernando Botero, Carl Larsson, and Jan Matejko.

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Among people born in 1743, Nicolai Abildgaard ranks 10. Before him are Jean-Paul Marat, Luigi Boccherini, Alessandro Cagliostro, Toussaint Louverture, Marquis de Condorcet, and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria. After him are Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Carl Peter Thunberg, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, René Just Haüy, and Joseph Banks. Among people deceased in 1809, Nicolai Abildgaard ranks 2. Before him is Joseph Haydn. After him are Jean Lannes, Thomas Paine, Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Ueda Akinari, August Ludwig von Schlözer, and Joseph-Marie Vien.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Nicolai Abildgaard ranks 51 out of 1,032. Before him are Frederick III of Denmark (1609), Victor Borge (1909), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), Saxo Grammaticus (1150), Olaf I of Denmark (1050), and Frederick VII of Denmark (1808). After him are Carl Nielsen (1865), Henrik Dam (1895), Frederick II of Denmark (1534), Nicolas Steno (1638), Asta Nielsen (1881), and Frederick I of Denmark (1471).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Nicolai Abildgaard ranks 2. Before him are Lili Elbe (1882). After him are Carl Bloch (1834), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Gerda Wegener (1886), Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Michael Ancher (1849), Anna Ancher (1859), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), and Paul Gustav Fischer (1860).

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