The Silent Councillor, from "The Portfolio"
A Roman youth lies on a marble bench and speaks to a sculpture of a sphinx, the sea represented in the distance. The print was published in “The Portfolio, An Artistic Periodical...,” edited by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, that often included articles about artists and actively promoted printmaking.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Silent Councillor, from "The Portfolio"
- Series/Portfolio: The Portfolio, vol. 9, edited by P. G. Hamerton
- Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
- Engraver: Leopold Löwenstam (Dutch, Düsseldorf 1842–1898 Three Bridges, Sussex)
- Publisher: Seeley & Co. (London)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 6 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (16.5 × 25.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 3/8 in. (23.4 × 28.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Edith P. Blase, 1944
- Object Number: 44.91.862
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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