Art, literature & history
The Dying Messalina and her Mother
ca. 1795-1798
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- [{"notes": "610 x 770 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "61"}, {"notes": "610 x 770 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "77"}, {"notes": "727 x 893 x 45 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "72.7"}, {"notes": "727 x 893 x 45 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "89.3"}, {"notes": "727 x 893 x 45 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "dybde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "4.5"}]
- Collection no.
- KMS3651
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- Public Domain Mark 1.0License details
Nicolai Abildgaard. The Dying Messalina and her Mother. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
About this artwork
The Dying Messalina and her Mother — Nicolai Abildgaard. ca. 1795-1798.
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.