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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema OM, RA, RWS (/ ˈ æ l m ə ˈ t æ d eɪ m ə / AL-mə TAD-ay-mə; [1] born Lourens Alma Tadema, Dutch: [ˈlʌurəns ˈɑlmaː ˈtaːdəmaː]; 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.
A bearded bust to the lower left may be a self-portrait of Alma-Tadema, beside the base of a column where the painting is signed and numbered: " L Alma Tadema Op CCCXXVI". The surrounding scene is an architectural capriccio, not a single known location but rather combining parts of known Roman buildings from several different locations=.
A Reading from Homer (sometimes Listening to Homer) is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1885 by the English artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema. It depicts an imaginary festival scene from ancient Greece with youth reading poetry to a small audience on a marble balcony overlooking the sea.
Laurence Alma-Tadema CBE (August 1865 – 12 March 1940), born Laurense Tadema, was a British writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked in many genres. [ 1 ] Early life
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands.- June 25, 1912 Wiesbaden , Germany ) was one of the most renowned painters of late nineteenth-century Britain . Born in Dronrijp , the Netherlands, and trained at the Academy of Antwerp , Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there.
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The sale of his collection brought $197,070 for 93 paintings (including A Reading from Homer by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema which sold for $30,300 [a]), [12] $22,637 for "255 vases, jars, dishes, bowls, beakers, incense burners, water-vases, wine cups, and writer's water jars", [13] and $234,564 for rugs and tapestries, including a 15th or early ...
Erasmus and Thomas More Visit the Children of Henry VII at Greenwich (1908) Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI (1908–14) Venetian Ladies Listening to the Serenade (1909) The Love Letter (1911) The Hon. Mrs. Hanbury-Tracy (1914) Our Lady of the Fruits of the Earth (1917) The Blue Bird (1918)