Study for Merry Music; and Study for Serious Music

细节

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1912)
Study for Merry Music; and Study for Serious Music
both signed and inscribed 'Pour Leblotte/L. Alma-Tadema' (lower right)
black chalk
5¾ x 13 3/8 in. (14.5 x 34 cm.)
a pair (2)

来源

with Christopher Wood, London.

出版

V. Swanson, Biography and Catalogue Raisonée of Sir L. Alma-Tadema, London, 1980, no. 178.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The present drawings are studies for two of the three oil panels in a John Broadwood & Sons pianoforte, 1873, which was designed and decorated by Alma Tadema (fig. 1). The keyboard lid opens to reveal the panels, the central panel depicts a seated musician. This piano was in Alma-Tadema's possession until his death in 1912 and was sold among the contents of his house, 34 Grove End Road.