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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard |
 | | Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (September 11, 1743-June 4, 1809), Danish artist, was born in Copenhagen, the son of Søren Abildgaard, an antiquarian draughtsman of repute, and Anne Margrethe Bastholm. |
 | | He received training under a painting master before coming to study at the new Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen, where he studied under Johan Edvard Mandelberg and Johannes Wiedewelt. |
 | | Abilgaard used pictorial allegory like ideograms, to communicate ideas and transmit messages through symbols to a refined public that was initiated into this form of symbology. |
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