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SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA O.M., R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1836-1912)
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signed and numbered 'L.Alma Tadema op CLXXXIX-' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour on paper
9 x 17 3/4 in. (22.9 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in 1878.
Provenance
with Ernest Gambart & Co., Paris and London, commissioned from the artist, until at least 1889.
Angus Holden, 1st Baron Holden; Christie's, London, 18 July 1913, lot 1, as Pleading (200 gns to Agnew).
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, until February 1916.
A. Barnett, and by descent to
Arthur R. Larkin.
Private Collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 1 March 2017, lot 52, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
C. Vosmaer, Onze Hedendaagsche Schilders: Lourens Alma Tadema, 's-Gravenhage, circa 1885, p. 10.
R. Dircks, Sir L. Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., London, 1910, p. 30.
C. Cuypers, 'The Question by Lourens Alma Tadema,' Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 27, 's-Gravenhage, 1976, pp. 73-90.
R. Borger, Drei Klassizisten: Alma Tadema, Ebers, Vosmaer, Leiden, 1978, p. 11, no. 189.
V. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema London, 1990, p. 191, under no. 208 and p. 199, under no. 226.
Letter from Vivien Knight, curator of Libraries and Art Galleries Guildhall Art Gallery, London to Robin Garton, 6 August 1992.
Exhibited
Brussels, Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes, 1879, no. 208, as Pleading.
The Hague, Hollandsche Teeken-Maatschappij, Tentoonstelling de Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, 1879, no. 1, as Het pleiten.
Rome, Associazione degli acquarellisti in Roma, Esposizione annuale del MDCCCLXXXIII aperta al pubblico, 15 March - 22 April 1883.
Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1889, no. 174, as Le suppliant.
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 46th Annual Exhibition of Selected Watercolour Drawings, 1914, no. 136.
London, Leighton House Museum, Lawrence Alma-Tadema At Home in Antiquity, 7 July - 29 October 2017, no. 45.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.