19 Works, Today, January 8th is Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s day, his story illustrated #008

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1912
Under the Roof of Blue Ionian Weather
Oil on panel
21¾ x 47½ in. (55 x 121 cm.)
Private collection

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (8 January 1836–25 June 1912), was born in the village of Dronryp in the north of the Netherlands. The Tadema family moved in 1838 to the nearby city of Leeuwarden. His father died when Lourens was four, leaving his mother with five children…

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