Udkast til illustration til Johs. Ewalds fortælling "Lykkens tempel. En drøm" i udgaven af hans samlede skrifter by Nicolai Abildgaard

Udkast til illustration til Johs. Ewalds fortælling "Lykkens tempel. En drøm" i udgaven af hans samlede skrifter 1777 - 1780

drawing

aged paper

toned paper

light pencil work

pencil sketch

old engraving style

personal sketchbook

pen-ink sketch

sketchbook drawing

watercolour illustration

sketchbook art

This pen and ink drawing by Danish artist Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809) is an illustration for Johs. Ewalds's story "Lykkens tempel. En drøm" (The Temple of Fortune. A Dream). The artwork depicts a group of people in various costumes, all of them approaching a large building with a dome-shaped roof. The drawing, dated between 1777 and 1780, showcases Abildgaard's ability to create dynamic compositions, and the fine detail with which he portrayed the figures in the drawing contributes to its realism. It is now part of the collection at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst.