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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence Creator Nationality: European; British Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1836 - 1912 Gender: M Creator Birth Place: Netherlands Creator Name-CRT: Lawrence Alma-Tadema Title: Glaucus and Nydia Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1867 Creation End Date: 1867 Creation Date: 1867 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas Dimensions: Unframed: 39cm x 64.2cm Inscriptions: Signed upper left: "L. Alma Tadema 67." AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1977.128 Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html 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. AMICA ID: CMA_.1977.128 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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