Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(England, Netherlands 08 Jan 1836–28 Jun 1912)
Cleopatra
- Location
- 19th c European art
- Year
- 1875
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54.6 x 66.7cm sight; 73.5 x 85.8 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., brown paint "L Alma-Tadema op CXLVI".
- Credit
- Gift of Sir Herbert Thompson 1920
- Accession number
- 657
- Provenance
- Sir Herbert Thompson (England, b.1859, d.1944), 1904-1920, London/England, Gift of Sir Herbert Thompson 1920. An Egyptologist, Sir Thompson donated the painting to the AGNSW after members of his cousin's family (Mrs Montague Grover, Sydney) admired it.
Sir Henry Thompson (England, b.1820, d.1904), circa 1882-1904, London/England, Surgeon and pupil of Alma-Tadema. Father of Sir Herbert Thompson.
Pilgeram and Lefevre (England, estab. 1870, closed 1926), 1875-circa 1882, London/England, Commissioned by Pilgeram and Lefevre, sold circa 1882 to Sir Henry Thompson.
