Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(England 1836–1912)
- Title
- Cleopatra
- Year
- 1875
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54.6 x 66.7cm sight; 73.5 x 85.8 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., brown paint "L Alma-Tadema op CXLVI".
- Credit
- Gift of Sir Herbert Thompson 1920
- Accession number
- 657
- Location
- 19th c European art
- Provenance
- Sir Herbert Thompson (England, b.1859, d.1944), 1904-1920, London/England, Gift of Sir Herbert Thompson 1920. An Egyptologist, Sir Thompson donated the painting to the AGNSW after members of his cousin's family (Mrs Montague Grover, Sydney) admired it.
Sir Henry Thompson (England, b.1820, d.1904), circa 1882-1904, London/England, Surgeon and pupil of Alma-Tadema. Father of Sir Herbert Thompson.
Pilgeram and Lefevre (England, estab. 1870, closed 1926), 1875-circa 1882, London/England, Commissioned by Pilgeram and Lefevre, sold circa 1882 to Sir Henry Thompson. - Bibliography (14)
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Cléopâtre dans le miroir de l'art occidental (2004), Musées d'art et d'historie, Genève (Switzerland), Musées d'art et d'historie, Genève (Switzerland).
Cleopatra's face: fatal beauty (2001), Michelle Lovric (Author), British Museum Press (England), London, England.
The Australian Review of Books (Jul 1998), Kate Legge (Australia) (Editor), News Limited (Australia), Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Queens & sirens: archaeology in 19th century art and design (1998), Alison Inglis (Australia) (Author), Jennifer Long (Australia) (Author), Geelong Art Gallery (Australia), Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections (1997), Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), The Beagle Press (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee (1997), Roger Benjamin (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Lynne Thornton (Author), Mounira Khemir (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The biography and catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1990), Vern Swanson (England) (Author), Garton & Co (England, estab. 1973), London, England.
Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings (1987), Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Famous people: a selective who's who from works in the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1981), Peter Haynes (Australia) (Compilator), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Victorian Olympians (1975), Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Peter Laverty (England; Australia, b.1926) (Author), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Art Annual (1910), Editor Unknown (Editor), Publisher unknown.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1905), Percy Standing (England) (Author), Cassell and Co. Ltd, London, England.
Art Annual (1902), Editor Unknown (Editor), Publisher unknown.
Art Annual (1886), Editor Unknown (Editor), Publisher unknown, London, England.
- Exhibition history (14)
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Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee, (06 Dec 1997–22 Feb 1998), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Victorian Olympians, (12 Aug 1975–14 Sep 1975), at National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road] (Australia, estab. 1968, closed 1999), 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne Victoria Australia 3000.
Contemporary British Artists, collection of copies of masterpieces (Spring Exhibition), (12 Mar 1908–26 Apr 1908), at Whitechapel Art Gallery (England), 80-82 Whitechapel High St London, England, United Kingdom E1 7QX.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, (16 Mar 2002–12 May 2002), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Unknown, Brussels 1875, (1875–1875), at Exhibition Venue Unknown.
Royal Scottish Academy, 1875, (1875–1875), at Royal Scottish Academy (Scotland), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Royal Academy of Arts, 1876, (1876–1876), at Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768), Burlington House The Mall London, England, United Kingdom.
Fair Women, (1894–1894), at Grafton Galleries (England), London, England.
Unknown, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, (1913–1913), at Walker Art Gallery (England), William Brown Street Merseyside Liverpool, England L3 8EL.
Victorian Olympians, (20 Jun 1975–20 Jul 1975), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.
Victorian Olympians, (26 Sep 1975–26 Oct 1975), at Art Gallery of South Australia (Australia, estab. 1881), North Terrace Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5000.
Queens & Sirens: archaeology in 19th century art and design, (26 Sep 1998–01 Nov 1998), at Geelong Art Gallery (Australia), Little Malop St Geelong, Victoria, Australia 3220.
Unknown, Grosvenor Gallery, England 1882, (Winter 1882-1883–Winter 1882-1883), at Grosvenor Gallery, London (England), 18 Albermarle Street London W1X 3HA England.
Royal Academy of Arts winter exhibition, 1913, (Winter 1913–Winter 1913), at Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768), Burlington House The Mall London, England, United Kingdom.