Unknown subject, traditionally said to represent Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth

1809

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: [{"notes": "475 x 480 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "47.5"}, {"notes": "475 x 480 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "48"}, {"notes": "576 x 576 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "57.6"}, {"notes": "576 x 576 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "57.6"}]
Collection no.: KMS3342
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0License details

Nicolai Abildgaard. Unknown subject, traditionally said to represent Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)

About this artwork

Unknown subject, traditionally said to represent Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth — Nicolai Abildgaard. 1809.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: .

Collection record: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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