The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold From Firdusi
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.
Catalogue
- Year
- 1882
- Medium
- Book with two etchings in black on cream chine paper, laid down on ivory laid paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- 34.5 × 27 × 4.2 cm (13 5/8 × 10 11/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Artist
Painting
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there.
Full artist profile →More
More by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
At the Shrine of Venus
1884 · Photogravure
The Bowman, frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi
1882 · Etching in black on cream wove paper
The First Course–The Dinner
1881 · Etching on chine collé; remarque proof
Curtain
1880 · Silk
Settee
1880 · Ebony, box and sandalwood, cedar, ivory inlay, incrustations of mother-of-pearl and brass
Standing Roman
1875 · Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema
- Year
- 1882
- Medium
- Book with two etchings in black on cream chine paper, laid down on ivory laid paper (chine collé)
- Dimensions
- 34.5 × 27 × 4.2 cm (13 5/8 × 10 11/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1882-007229
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified