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At the Shrine of Venus

After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands
ca. 1889
Not on view
The interior of a Roman hairdresser with two young women relaxing on a bench, one looking at herself in a mirror as the other rests her mirror on the cushion. At left, a third woman enters, unveils and prepares to place a marigold at the shrine on the black marble table. A crowd outside is glimpsed through an arched opening. The print is based on a painting exhibited at the Royal Academy now at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: At the Shrine of Venus
  • Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
  • Printer: Gebbie & Husson Company, Ltd.
  • Published in: London
  • Date: ca. 1889
  • Medium: Photogravure
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.8 × 25.5 cm)
    Plate: 10 7/16 × 11 13/16 in. (26.5 × 30 cm)
    Sheet: 11 5/8 in. × 17 in. (29.5 × 43.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ellen Robinson, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.683.84
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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