SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN) - photo 1
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN) - photo 2
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN) - photo 3
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN) - photo 4

SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN)

Lot 266
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 266 | SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. (DRONRIJP 1836-1912 WIESBADEN)
Splashing: the bathers
signed and numbered 'L AlmaTadema/ op CCXCII' (lower left)
pencil on buff coloured paper
13 x 21 in. (33 x 53.4 cm.)




Provenance

The artist, by whom given in 1909 to
Briton Riviere (†); Christie's, London, 6 Dec 1920, lot 30 (14 gns to Sampson).
Mr & Mrs C. E. Calvert, Toronto, Canada by 1929.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 December 2021, lot 68, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

'Pictures of the Year', Pall Mall Magazine (extra), 1909, p. 5, illustrated.
R. Dircks, The Later Work of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1910, p. 32.
V.G. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1990, p. 272, under no. 422.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Memorial Winter Exhibition, 1913, no. 74.
Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, October 1929, no. 101a (lent by Mr and Mrs C. E. Calvert).
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