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My Sister Is Not In
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Alma-Tadema was born in Friesland, the Netherlands, but was trained in Belgium. After the death of his first wife in 1870, he moved to London where he developed a reputation for his seemingly accurate reconstructions of genre scenes set in ancient Rome. Here, a Roman maiden closes a curtain in an unconvincing attempt to conceal her sister from a suitor. Alma-Tadema's wealthy British patrons could readily relate to the individuals he portrays: members of the upper class in an era of affluence.
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Provenance
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Commissioned by Messrs Pilgeram and L.H. Lefevre, London, 1879; purchased by Messrs Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1879; purchased by Samuel P. Avery, May 1880; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1884 [S. P. Avery as dealer]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity . Fries Museum, leeuwarden; Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna; Leighton House Museum, London. |
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1996-1997 | Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, AJ Amsterdam; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. |
| 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. |
| 1880 | [Exhibition title unknown, held at the Royal Academy, London]. Royal Academy of Arts, London. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/6/1966 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated; other |
| 8/16/1990 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 4/1/1993 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 5/20/1996 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 16 × W: 12 1/4 × D: 1/4 in. (40.64 × 31.12 × 0.64 cm); Framed H: 28 7/8 × W: 25 1/2 × D: 5 1/2 in. (73.34 × 64.77 × 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1884
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.86