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Poetry
Sir Lawrence, ALMA-TADEMA (1836-1912)
In ‘Poetry’ a wistful young woman sits with a golden lyre and unfurling scrolls, swathed in rich fabrics against a background of ancient architecture and coloured blossom. Alma-Tadema’s paintings cleverly combine the academic notions of classical art and the romantic aesthetics popular among the Victorian middle class. Roman subjects were often an excuse for lavish fantasies and sumptuous decoration. A pendant to the painting of 'Prose,' this work depicts the personification of 'Poetry' plucking a lyre as she reaches for a scroll to read. It is numbered 'opus CCIII (203)'
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 178
Creation/Production
Sir Lawrence, ALMA-TADEMA
Date: 1879
Acquisition
Bequest, 1882
Measurements
Techniques
oil on wooden panel
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
wood panel
Location
In store
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