An Egyptian in a Doorway

An Egyptian in a Doorway

An Egyptian in a Doorway

Artist:Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
Date:1865
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:22 x 15 1/2 in. (55.9 x 39.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2017

In the mid-1860s, Alma-Tadema painted a number of subjects set in ancient Egypt, in which convincing archaeological precision and uncanny lifelikeness seem to make the distant past come alive. This method paralleled that of Orientalist painters such as Jean-Léon Gérôme, who specialized both in depictions of contemporary life in the Middle East and in historical subjects. Later in his career, Alma-Tadema would specialize in scenes of ancient Rome.

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