Calliope, the muse of epic poetry as a statue in a niche, Nicolai Abildgaard

This leaf and polyhymnia, melpomene, erato and terpsichore are possibly drafts for a series of statues in niches of the muses for the crown prince's palace, amalienborg. (cf. Skovgaard, 1978, p. 126). Object Type: drawing. Dimensions: height: 200 mm (7.87 in); width: 113 mm (4.44 in). Medium: brown ink, pen and marker, pencil. Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst. Nicolai Abildgaard, Calliope, den episke digtnings muse som statue i en niche, , KKSgb3738, Statens Museum for Kunst