1808
oil
canvas
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
The Greek Poet Anacreon and Bathyll is a 1808 oil by Nicolai Abildgaard, held at Statens Museum for Kunst.
This painting depicts a scene with a man and a child. The man, dressed in a red shirt and white pants, sits on a bench, holding a lyre. He is barefoot and has a green headband. The child, naked, lies on the man's lap. A snake is coiled on a table behind them, with fruit on top. The background features trees and a wall. The man's focus on the lyre suggests he is playing music. The presence of the snake and fruit adds an air of mystery to the scene. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, explore Nicolai Abildgaard's other works.
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.
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