Details
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912)
Faust and Marguerite, Opus VII
signed and dated 'L. Alma-Tadema.1857.' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
18 x 20 in. (45.7 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, until 1912.
Catalogue of the well-known and interesting collection of antique furniture and objects d'art formed by the late Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (†); Hampton & Sons, London, 9-13 June 1913, lot 676.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 5 November 1974, lot 78, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
M. Huish, British Watercolour Art, London, 1904.
V. Swanson, Alma-Tadema: The painter of the Victorian vision of the Ancient world, London, 1977, pp. 10, 24, 65, 129, pl. 1, illustrated.
V. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1990, pp.24-5, illustrated.
E. Becker & E. Prettejohn, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, New York, 1996, p. 131.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Memorial of Works by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1913, no. 136.
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 3 July-13 September 1976, no. 28.
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 29 November 1996-8 June 1997, no. 2.
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