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The Siesta

1881
Not on view
A young Roman woman dressed in a striped tunic plays a two-reeded flute, her feet near a table on which rests a basket and roses. Four men lie behind her on cushions under windows, listening or dozing, with a view of a temple in the distance. The print is based on an oil on panel painting of 1873 (Opus CXII). In the latter, the girl wears an elaborate apparatus around her head to support the flute; this is simplified in the print to a cap attached to a cloth over her mouth.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Siesta
  • Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
  • Etcher: Leopold Löwenstam (Dutch, Düsseldorf 1842–1898 Three Bridges, Sussex)
  • Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
  • Publisher: The Printsellers' Association, London (British, established 1847)
  • Date: 1881
  • Medium: Etching on chine collé; proof
  • Dimensions: Image: 6 1/2 × 16 9/16 in. (16.5 × 42 cm)
    Plate: 9 5/8 × 19 3/8 in. (24.5 × 49.2 cm)
    Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 7/8 in. (40.2 × 55.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.140.9
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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