Lot 28
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912)
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912)

The Roman Art Class

Details
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912)
The Roman Art Class
oil on canvas
14½ x 29½ in. (36.7 x 75 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 22 November 1983, lot 511.
Literature
V. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1990, pp. 196, 380 (illustrated), no. 218.
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

The central figure in this unfinished work is the same as that found in a small oil on copper, executed by the artist in June 1877, and now unlocated. The subject predates by a couple of months one of the artist's finest compositions The Sculptor's Model (Venus Esquilina).

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