Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Antony and Cleopatra



Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Antony and Cleopatra



Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Antony and Cleopatra
1883
65.4 x 92.1 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and inscribed, at lower center on barge railing: L. Alma Tadema OP. CCXLVI
Private collection


Literature

R.J. Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London; New York, NY, 2001, fig. 109


Provenance

Samuel W. Hawk, New York (commissioned from the artist in 1883)
Frau von Munkhausen (acquired from the above in 1887 and until at least 1897)
Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson (in 1923)
Princess Labia (by descent from the above, her father and sold: Sotheby's, London, November 20, 1963, lot 98, illustrated)
Messrs James Coats, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Allen Funt (acquired from the above in 1966 and sold: Sotheby's, Belgravia, November 6, 1973, lot 21, illustrated and as cover)
Leger Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale)
Galerie Royal, Vancouver (in circa 1978)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 24, 1987, lot 30, illustrated)
The Margaret Brown Collection (probably acquired at the above sale and sold: Christie's, London, June 11, 1993, nr. 123, illustrated)
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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