Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(1836 - 1912)

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA ( born Lourens 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. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky. Alma-Tadema was considered one of the most popular Victorian painters. Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century British art.

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The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra
1885
Oil on panel

65,4 x 91,4 cm
Private collection

John William Waterhouse
(1849 - 1917)

John William Waterhouse RA was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend. 

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Cleopatra
1888
Oil on canvas
55,9 x 63,5 cm
Private collection