Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912)

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912)

A Study for 'The Roses of Heliogabalus'

oil on panel
9¼ x 15in. (23.5 x 38.2cm.)

来源

Miss Joachim, 1889
Malcolm R. Aird, 1913

出版

Illustrated London News, 12 March 1888, p.501
Vern G. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1990, pp.234-5, no.320

展览

London, New Gallery, 1888, no.132
London, Fine Art Society, A Collection of Studies for Pictures in Various Mediums, 1889, no.116
London, Royal Academy, Works by the late Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Winter 1913, no.127

拍品专文

A study for lot 121, but evidently regarded by the artist as a semi-independent work of art since he exhibited it at the New Gallery in 1888, the same year that the finished work appeared at the Royal Academy. This enabled the Illustrated London News to compare them, to the advantage and disadvantage of both. 'The sketch shows how much that picture (i.e. the large version) has been changed for the better as it progressed, and it also shows how far in poetic fancy .., even in its improved form, it fails.'

The sketch belonged to Malcolm Aird while his father, Sir John Aird, owned the finished picture.