The Abolition of Adscription in 1788 — Nicolai Abildgaard

Nicolai Abildgaard

The Abolition of Adscription in 1788

1790

Dating
Exact year
Held at
Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
[{"notes": "625 x 370 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "62.5"}, {"notes": "625 x 370 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "37"}, {"notes": "725 x 471 x 50 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "72.5"}, {"notes": "725 x 471 x 50 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "47.1"}, {"notes": "725 x 471 x 50 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "dybde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "5"}]
Collection no.
KMS598
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0License details

Nicolai Abildgaard. The Abolition of Adscription in 1788. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)

About this artwork

The Abolition of Adscription in 1788 — Nicolai Abildgaard. 1790.

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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