The First Course–The Dinner

After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands

Sitter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands

1881

Not on view

A young Roman woman who holds a wine cup stands next to a young man who reclines on a dias as an older man drinks at right. Men dressed in dark togas with wreaths around their heads enter at left. Based on a lost oil on panel painting (Opus CCXII, dated January 29, 1880).

Artwork Details

Title: The First Course–The Dinner
Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
Etcher: Leopold Löwenstam (Dutch, Düsseldorf 1842–1898 Three Bridges, Sussex)
Sitter: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
Date: 1881
Medium: Etching on chine collé; remarque proof
Dimensions: chine collé sheet: 9 5/16 x 18 7/8 in. (23.7 x 47.9 cm)
mounting sheet: 10 13/16 x 20 3/8 in. (27.4 x 51.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Object Number: 63.648.12
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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