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Spring

After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands
Publisher Pilgeram & Lefèvre British
1879
Not on view
Roman girls gather flowers in a field for the fiesta to celebrate the start of the year. The central figure in a white tunic holds an anemone and the field is scattered with daffodils and asphodels. Based on an oil on canvas, dated April 9, 1877 (destroyed in World War II), derived from studies made in the garden of the villa Pamphili or Borghese, Rome. Commissioned by Pilgeram & L. H. Lefèvre, the painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1877 (no.117).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Spring
  • Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
  • Engraver: Auguste-Thomas-Marie Blanchard (French, Paris 1819–1898 Paris)
  • Publisher: Pilgeram & Lefèvre (London)
  • Date: 1879
  • Medium: Engraving on chine collé; proof
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 1/16 × 6 9/16 in. (33.1 × 16.6 cm)
    Plate: 18 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (48 x 26.6 cm)
    Sheet: 19 15/16 x 11 5/8 in. (50.6 x 29.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.648.16
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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