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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A., O.M. (Anglo-Dutch, 1836-1912) (Artist)
1883
watercolor on paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Inscription

[Signed] Upper right: L. Alma Tadema OP - CCLIX; [Inscription] Underneath signature, upper right: painted for W.T. Walters of Baltimore / M.D. U.S.A.

Provenance
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William T. Walters, 1883, by commission; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1991-1992 Empires Restored, Elysium Revisited: The Art of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, AJ Amsterdam; The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis.
1983 A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1979 A Supple Brush: The Flowering of Continental Watercolors. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
5/7/1979 Examination examined for condition
9/3/1990 Loan Consideration examined for loan
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United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 17 3/4 x W: 12 3/4 in. (45.1 x 32.4 cm)

Credit Line

Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1883

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

37.973

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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