Sappho and Alcaeus
Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1881
Why it's great
Two ancient Greek poets, Sappho and Alcaeus, perform and listen on a marble terrace beside the blue sea. Alma-Tadema painted a sunny, perfect, imaginary Greece. Each person is shown in elegant detail. It's a lovely vision of a poet's world.
Where to see it
📍 Walters Art MuseumBaltimore, United States
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born in a village in the Netherlands and settled in London, England, in 1870. He became famous for sunny paintings of ancient Rome and Greece, filled with marble, flowers, and sea views. He was knighted and extremely popular during his lifetime. He died in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1912.
