Abildgaard, Nikolaj Abraham

Related Category: European Art, 1600 to the Present: Biographies

(nĭkōlī´ ä´bēlgôrd), 1743–1809, Danish painter of the neoclassical school. He was a student of Eckersberg. Among his own pupils was Thorvaldsen, whom he greatly influenced. Abildgaard's work may be seen in the House of Representatives in Copenhagen.