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English: Night and Her Children, Sleep and Death 1794

Kunstsammlung, Weimar, Germany

Sculpture, Black chalk on paper, 745 x 985 cm

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28 April 2012

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Description	Danish painter
Date of birth/death	1754	1798
Location of birth/death	Sanct Gürgen	Rome
Work period	Baroque
Authority control	WorldCat

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CARSTENS, Asmus Jakob

(b. 1754, Sanct Gürgen, d. 1798, Roma)

Night and Her Children, Sleep and Death 1794 Black chalk on paper, 745 x 985 mm Kunstsammlungen, Weimar

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Author: CARSTENS, Asmus Jakob Title: Night and Her Children, Sleep and Death Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Danish Form: sculpture

Type: mythological

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