Nicolai Abildgaard

(1743–1809) dansk konstnär

Nicolai Abildgaard (1743–1809) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Nicolai Abildgaard belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Nicolai Abildgaard was born in Copenhagen and died in Copenhagen. Nicolai Abildgaard trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Nicolai Abildgaard worked in Copenhagen and Rome. The students included Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Johan Ludwig Lund, Jens Peter Møller, and Conrad Christian Bøhndel.

The best-known works include ‘Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother’, ‘The Wounded Philoctetes’, ‘Ymir Suckling the Cow Audhumla’, and ‘The Temple of Happiness’. The catalogue has one building by Nicolai Abildgaard. The dated building is from 1797.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Ozias Humphry, Gregorio Ferro, Giocondo Albertolli, Louis Jean Desprez, and Deng Shiru.

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