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Artist

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)

Alternative names	Lawrence Alma Tadema, Lourens Alma Tadema, Laurens Alma Tadema
Description	Dutch-British painter, drawer, etcher and illustrator
Date of birth/death	8 January 1836	25 June 1912
Location of birth/death	Dronryp	Wiesbaden
Work period	1851-1912
Work location	Antwerp (1852-1865), Leeuwarden (1855), Cologne (1861), Pompeii (1863-1864), Paris (1864), City of Brussels (1865-1870), London (1868, 1870-1912), Egypt (1902-1903)
Authority file	: Q240526 VIAF: 68986036 ISNI: 0000000081483905 ULAN: 500008100 LCCN: n79060123 NLA: 35889512 WorldCat

Title

The Egyptian widow.

Alternative title(s):

Een Egyptische weduwe ten tijde van Diocletianus.^[1]

Object type

Genre

Date

April 1872

Medium

Dimensions

height: 74.9 cm (29.4 in); width: 99.1 cm (39 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Location	Amsterdam
Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
Established	1800
Website	rijksmuseum.nl
Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Current location

Extern

Accession number

SK-A-2427

Object history

by 1903: Mr. and Mrs. J.C.J. Drucker-Fraser, London

1903: given to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by Mr. and Mrs. J.C.J. Drucker-Fraser, London (?)

October 1909: ownership transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Inscriptions

signature bottom centre on the sarcophagus: L. Alma Tadema 1872

References

Source/Photographer