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SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1912)

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Lot 728 | SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1912)
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1912)

An Apodyterium

signed and inscribed 'OP CCLXXIV./L Alma Tadema' (upper center)

oil on panel

17 7⁄8 x 24 in. (45.3 x 60.96 cm.)

Painted in April 1886





Provenance

Thomas McLean & Sons, London (acquired from the artist, 1886).

Samuel Joshua, London (acquired from the above, 1887).

Marie Joshua, London (by descent from the above, 1907).

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 21 January 1921, lot 25.

W.W. Sampson & Son, London (acquired at the above sale).

William A. Cargill, Carruth, Bridge of Weir, Scotland; Estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 May 1963, lot 42.

Charles Jerdein, London (acquired at the above sale).

Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, Toronto (acquired from the above, 1968, until at least 1990).

Anon. sale. Christie's, London, 9 June 1995, lot 343.

Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.



Literature

"The Royal Academy" in The Times, London, 1 May 1886, p. 10.

"The Royal Academy, First Notice" in Athenauem, no. 3053, 1 May 1886, p. 589.

"Our London Correspondence" in Bradford Daily Telegraph, 1 May 1886, n.p.

"The Royal Academy II" in St. James's Gazette, 7 May 1886, p. 7.

"Pictures in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy" in Illustrated London News, 8 May 1886, p. 490 (illustrated with the engraving).

"The Royal Academy" in Reading Mercury, 8 May 1886, p. 8.

"Literary and Art Notes" in The Western Daily Press, 10 May 1886, p. 7.

"Pictures for the Antipodes" in Herald and Lakes News, 11 May 1888, p. 3.

"Literary and Art Notes, etc." in Pall Mall Budget, 13 May 1886, p. 30.

"The Royal Academy" in Falmouth and Penryn Weekly Times, 15 May 1886, p. 3.

"Our Notebook" in Illustrated London News, 29 May 1886, p. 560.

Munsey's Magazine, New York, May 1986, vol. XV, p. 191 (illustrated).

"The Royal Academy" in The Civil and Military Gazette, 7 June 1886, p. 5.

"Sketches of Famous Pictures in the Royal Academy" in The Guardian, Boston, 19 June 1886, p. 8, (illustrated).

"Trying for the Twenty, A Lady's Gossip about our "Academy" Prize" in Pall Mall Budget, 5 August 1886, p. 22.

"Our London Letter" in The Eastern Evening News, 9 August 1886, p. 2.

"Our Academy Competition" in Pall Mall Gazette, 16 August 1886, p. 2.

"Our London Correspondence" in Bradford Daily Telegraph, Bradford, 17 August 1886.

"Pictures of the Year" in Pall Mall Budget, 19 August 1886, pp. 11-12.

"The Week" in The West Somerset Free Press, 21 August 1886, p. 6.

"Local Chit-Chat" in Kilburn Times and Western Post, 27 August 1886, p. 4.

"Art Notes" in The Liverpool Mercury, 30 August 1886, p. 5.

H. Blackburn, ed., Royal Academy Notes, London, 1886, pp. 9 and 45 (illustrated).

M. H. Bell, Royal Academy Yearbook, London, 1886, p. 13 (illustrated).

Royal Academy Illustrated, London, 1886, p. 12, no. 285.

"Pictures of the Year" in Pall Mall Gazette 'Extra', 1886, p. 22 (illustrated).

"Exhibition of the Royal Academy" in Art Journal, 1886, pp. 186 and 222 (illustrated with the engraving).

A. M. N., "Fine Art at the Manchester Jubilee Exhibition" in The Western Daily Press, 1 July 1887, p. 7.

"Art at the Melbourne Exhibition" in The Colonies and India, 16 May 1888, p. 31.

"Art Chronicle" in The Portfolio, 1888, p. 124.

"Centennial International Exhibition" in Sun and Shade, vol. 1, no. 8, April 1889, p. 29 (illustrated, pl. VIII).

P. C. Standing, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, O.M., R.A., London, 1905, p. 79.

R. Dircks, "The Later Works of Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, O.M., R.A., R.W.S.," in Art Annual, December 1910, p. 31.

A. Hayden, "Art in the Sale Rooms" in Illustrated London News, 22 January 1921, p. 114.

J. Nicoll, "Distinguished Victorian" in Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 4 June 1938, p. 6.

M. Rheims, The Flowering of Art Nouveau, New York, 1966, p. 143, no. 202 (illustrated).

G. Reynolds, Victorian Painting, New York, 1966, pp. 123 and 140 (illustrated, pl. 89).

Apollo, June 1967 p. XXXVII (illustrated).

M. Amaya, "The Painter who Inspired Hollywood" in Sunday Times Magazine, 18 February 1968, p. 30 (illustrated).

T. Prideaux, The World of Whistler, New York, 1970, pp. 56-57 (illustrated).

R. Ash, Alma-Tadema, An Illustrated Life, Boston, 1973, p. 27 (illustrated).

M. Amaya, The Victorians-A World Built to Last, New York, 1974, p. 88 (illustrated).

V.G. Swanson, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: The Painter of the Victorian Vision of the Ancient World, New York, 1977, pp. 54 and 130 (illustrated, pl. 12).

R. Borger, Drei Klassizisten: Alma Tadema, Ebers, Vosmaer, Leiden, 1978, p. 14, no. 274.

V.G. Swanson, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: de schilder van een groots Verleden, Amsterdam, 1978, p. 1.

V.G. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1990, pp. 231-232 and 429, no. 312 (illustrated).

L. Nochlin, Style and Civilization, Realism, 1991, digital publication.

R.J. Barrow, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, exh. cat. New York, 1996, p. 250, no. 76.

R.J. Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London and New York, 2001, pp. 99, 102 and 144, no. 94 (illustrated).



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1886, no. 285.

Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 312.

Melbourne, Australia, Centennial International Exhibition, 1888, no. 116.

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, January-March 1913, no. 169.

Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 43rd Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art, 1913, no. 1041.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1968-1969.

London, Royal Academy, Bicentenary Exhibition, December 1968-March 1969, no. 57.

Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery and Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, July-August 1976, August-September 1976, no. 15.

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, The Other Nineteenth Century: Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tanenbaum, May 1978-July 1979, no. 1.
Artist:Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Historical era:Victorian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Paintings
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