COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1977.128
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CMA_.1977.128
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
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Creator Nationality:
European; British
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European; British
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1836 - 1912
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1836 - 1912
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Birth Place:
Netherlands
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Netherlands
Creator Birth Place
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Creator Name-CRT:
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Glaucus and Nydia
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Glaucus and Nydia
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1867
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1867
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1867
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1867
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1867
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1867
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
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Dimensions:
Unframed: 39cm x 64.2cm
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Unframed: 39cm x 64.2cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1977.128
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1977.128
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
Signed upper left: "L. Alma Tadema 67."
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Signed upper left: "L. Alma Tadema 67."
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
"It was one of the few moments in her brief and troubled life that it was sweet to treasure." Weaving a rose garland as a present for her beloved master Glaucus, the blind servant Nydia resists speaking of her love for him. The scene is based on Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's enormously popular historical novel The Last Days of Pompeii (published in 1835), a melodramatic epic set in ancient Roman times, which culminates with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.Responding to the 19th-century appetite for things antique, the artist filled his historical scenes with depictions of Roman frescoes and statuary. Dutch by birth, Alma-Tadema made this picture in Brussels for a London art dealer. But the demand for such paintings became so great that he moved to England, where he achieved great financial and social success.
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"It was one of the few moments in her brief and troubled life that it was sweet to treasure." Weaving a rose garland as a present for her beloved master Glaucus, the blind servant Nydia resists speaking of her love for him. The scene is based on Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's enormously popular historical novel The Last Days of Pompeii (published in 1835), a melodramatic epic set in ancient Roman times, which culminates with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.Responding to the 19th-century appetite for things antique, the artist filled his historical scenes with depictions of Roman frescoes and statuary. Dutch by birth, Alma-Tadema made this picture in Brussels for a London art dealer. But the demand for such paintings became so great that he moved to England, where he achieved great financial and social success.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1977.128.tif
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CMA_.1977.128.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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