Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Glaucus and Nydia 1867 Oil on wood panel, 55.5 x 81 x 4.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Alma-Tadema, one of the most popular Victorian painters, became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the…
(1803–1873) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC Works: • A Strange Story (English) • Athens: Its Rise and Fall (English) • Devereux (English) • Ernest Maltravers (English) • Eugene Aram (English) • Falkland (English) • Godolphin (English)…
(1836–1912) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA The artist’s works: Mary Magdalene 1854 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Education of the Children of Clovis 1861 Private collection An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of…
(1813–1883) Wilhelm Richard Wagner Works: • Das Rheingold (The Ring of the Nibelung) (1869) • Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) (1843) • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) (1868) • Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) (1870) • Götterdämmerung…