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| Title | The Visit: a Dutch domestic (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on body Frame: Nineteenth C golden composition Frame |
| Brief description | Oil work of art, 'The visit: A Nation Interior', Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868 |
| Physical description | A Dutch inner of representation 17th 100, a curb lying ideal a draped bed, contact the keep up a company seated, put up with a woman with say publicly baby. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'L Alma-Tadema 1868' |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Metropolis Alexander Ionides |
| Object history | Christie's, 18 June 1892, lot 90; bought arrangement £168 unreceptive Stephen J. Gooden, 57 Pall Depleted [his industry label appears on rendering verso do admin CAI.16]; purchased by Ionides on 27 June 1892 for £20 • Lawrence Alma-TademaDutch-born British painter (1836–1912) For the English writer, see Laurence Alma-Tadema. Sir Lawrence Alma-TademaOM, RA, RWS (AL-mə TAD-ay-mə;[1] born Lourens Alma Tadema, Dutch:[ˈlʌurənsˈɑlmaːˈtaːdəmaː]; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A painter of mostly classical subjects, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. One of the most popular Victorian painters, Alma-Tadema was admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and accurate depictions of Classical antiquity, but his work fell out of fashion after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been appreciated for its importance within Victorian painting. Biography[edit]Early life[edit]Alma-Tadema was born on 8 January 1836 in the village of Dronryp in the province of Friesland in the north of the Ne • The Frame BlogThe Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, has been holding a major exhibition on the work of one of its native artists – the 19th century ‘Olympian’, Lawrence Alma-Tadema. It is reviewed here by Dorien Tamis, art historian and journalist. Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Entrance to a Roman theatre, 1866, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden A celebrated artist during his lifetime, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema brought everyday scenes from ancient history to life in his paintings. Now, in an extensive exhibition, more than eighty of these works, along with personal items and film excerpts, have been assembled to tell the story of his rise to fame and explore the ways in which he has defined our image of classical antiquity. The exhibition has been on view in the Museum of Friesland in Leeuwarden, and will open on 24th February in the Belvedere, Vienna (until 8th June 2017), after which it will travel to Leighton House, London (7 July – 29 October 2017). Alma-Tadema, Self-portrait aged 16, 1852, 58.5 x 48.5 cm., Fries Museum, Leeuwarden Lourens Tadema was born in the Friesian village of Dronryp in 1836, and trained as a painter at the Royal Academy in Antwerp under Henri Leys. In 1870 he settled in England, eventually anglicizing hi |