The Egyptian Widow

The Egyptian Widow

SK-A-2427

signature and date: ‘L. Alma Tadema 1872’

The Frisian artist Alma-Tadema was a great success in England, where he was even knighted. His representations of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman scenes made him one of the most popular 19th-century painters. In this picture, full of archaeological details, a woman is mourning beside the inner mummy case containing the body of her husband. His sarcophagus stands at left, while priests and singers lament the departed.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity: a review of the exhibition, with a general note on his frames, by The Frame Blog. https://theframeblog.com/2017/02/16/lawrence-alma-tadema-at-home-in-antiquity-a-review-of-the-exhibition-with-a-general-note-on-his-frames/

painter: Lourens Alma Tadema

1872

olieverf op paneel

height 74.9 cm x width 99.1 cm

Gift of Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser, Montreux

gift 1909

Public domain

• Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity: a review of the exhibition, with a general note on his frames, by The Frame Blog. https://theframeblog.com/2017/02/16/lawrence-alma-tadema-at-home-in-antiquity-a-review-of-the-exhibition-with-a-general-note-on-his-frames/
• S. Sr. Coronel, Herinneringen aan de Historische Tentoonstelling van Friesland, Leeuwarden 1878, p. 138-140.
• L. de Ranitz, 'Het Huis van Alma Tadema', Het huis, oud en nieuw : maandelijksch prentenboek gewijd aan huis-inrichting, bouw en sierkunst 9 (1911), p. 28.

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108126