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Lawrence Alma-Tadema

53 works

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch-born painter who worked in London, known for scenes of daily life in ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, with finely painted marble. Read more

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Painting of a festive Roman-style procession of women and children with flower baskets beneath marble balconies and blossomin

Spring

1894

Painting of a man in white robes standing in a doorway between red Egyptian-style columns, with palms and cactus behind him.

An Egyptian in a Doorway

1865

Robed men on scaffolding examine a marble frieze of horsemen in an ancient Greek interior, by Alma-Tadema.

Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon

1868

Oval portrait of a man in black coat and bow tie holding a cigar against a brown background.

Mr. Soons

1857

Painting of pine trees along a pale path beside an ochre stone wall under a pale blue sky.

Pine Trees in a Roman Park

1876

Painting of a young woman in a cream classical gown shading her eyes while looking out over the sea from a marble terrace.

Hopeful

1909

Painting of women bathing in a marble Roman bathhouse with draped attendants, a lion-head fountain, and purple flowers.

A Favourite Custom

1909

Painting of a reclining young woman holding cherries on a couch with a tiger skin, with a tray of cherries in front.

Cherries

1873

Reclining banqueters on a marble terrace buried in pink rose petals, with a fruit table and bronze statue behind.

The Roses of Heliogabalus

1888

Painting of a grieving woman embracing a dead young man on an ornate couch, with candles and mourners in a dim Egyptian inter

Death of the Pharaoh's Firstborn Son (Ex. 12:29

1872

Painting of a grieving woman in an Egyptian-style interior with hieroglyphic walls, columns, attendants and a couch.

The Egyptian widow. Alternative title(s): Een Egyptische weduwe ten tijde van Diocletianus.[1]

1872

Painting of a queen on a gilded barge with rose garlands and gold curtains, with Roman soldiers and a galley on the sea.

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41 B.C.

1885

Soldiers in blue uniforms cross an icy river on wooden bridges as a village burns under a red winter sky.

The Crossing of the River Berizina - 1812.

1859

Painting of a Pompeian scene: a woman plays double flutes for a reclining man, with an elderly man, roses and grapes nearby.

Pompeian Scene

1868

Painting of a reclining man on a gold couch watching a seated woman weave a rose garland in a classical room.

Glaucus and Nydia

1867

Painting of a grieving woman kneeling by a painted Egyptian funerary bed in an ornate interior with hieroglyphic columns.

De Egyptische weduwe

1872

Woman's arm and hand clasping dark rosary beads, resting on an open book on a wooden table against a dark background.

Mary Magdalene

1846

Mary Magdalene

1854

Dim Egyptian interior: a woman in a dark robe holds a dead child on a couch as mourners and candlelit attendants surround the

De dood van de eerstgeborene van de farao

1872

Two women lean over a marble terrace wall by the sea while a man in a yellow robe stands nearby beneath a carved urn.

A Foregone Conclusion

1885

Classical painting of a lyre player on a marble terrace by the sea, with women listening from a curved marble bench.

Sappho and Alcaeus

1881

Painting of a Roman interior with a seated man, a woman arranging flowers, and a servant holding a floral garland.

Preparations for the Festivities (The Floral Wreath)

1866

Seated woman in striped dark dress beside stained glass window and red flowers, painted interior scene.

Portrait of Mrs. Ralph Sneyd (Mary Ellis Sneyd)

1889

Painting of a sunlit Roman garden with a fountain of bronze horses, marble statues, and a woman in a dark cloak.

Roman gardens

1877

Painting of a man in a red cloak leaning over a boat by stone steps as a veiled woman descends, watched by an older woman.

Boating

1868

Two young girls in a patterned interior; one in white holds a blue book while the other rests on a teal cushion.

Ons hoekje (Opus nr. CXVI)

1873

Painting of a Roman studio with an artist at an easel, a woman in yellow, a man carrying a box, and a marble bust.

A Roman studio

1874

Painting of a boy with a raised sword in a marble colonnade before a seated crowned woman, with armed men and robed onlookers

Education of the Children of Clovis (or School of Vengeance, or Training of Clotilde's Sons)

1861

Man in brown cloak and two veiled women under a carved Roman arch, looking onto a sunlit garden with a classical monument.

Onder een Romeinse boog (Opus nr. CXXXIX)

1874

Painting of a woman in green robes and a young man on a marble terrace among classical busts and pink blossoming trees.

Past and present generations

1894

Man reclining and reciting to two veiled women in a striped columned interior with a garden view.

Venantius Fortunatus reading his poems to Radegonda VI and the abbess in the monastery of Poitier

1850

Classical interior with a woman holding a torch, musicians playing flutes and tambourine, garlands and a large amphora.

The Vintage Festival

1871

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch-born painter who worked in London, known for scenes of daily life in ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, with finely painted marble. Browse 53 works by Lawrence Alma-Tadema from 30 museums, free to download in HD.