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Sphinx

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sphinx

1873-1874

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Sphinx

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sphinx

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sphinx

1873-1874

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 199 x 184 mm. (7 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.) Plate: 96 x 91 mm. (3 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.47
Illustration for "To the Sphinx" in William Bell Scott, Poems (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1875)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Nov. 3 - 24, 1968.

Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower right "L. Alma-Tadema".

Markings: None

Artist

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

1835–1911

English, 1836-1912
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
AN EGYPTIAN IN A DOORWAY
Edmond Joseph Ramus, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and others
Egyptien a l'entree de sa demure
1883
SPHINX AND DEATH
Jean Cocteau
Sphinx and Death
1955
ERIC AND THE WATER-WITCH
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(Legendary Scene)
1873–1874
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Paul Edme Le Rat and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Oedipus and the Sphinx
1868–1891
FAIR ROSAMUND
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Interior - woman hiding behind a door
1873–1874
Panel of Ornament with Sphinxes
Lucas van Leyden
Panel of Ornament with Sphinxes
1527
LADY JANET
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Angel of Death
1873–1874
Harlem Sphinx
Werner Drewes
Harlem Sphinx
1930
ZAL AND RUDABEH
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(Interior - woman on a chair to the left and man on couch leaning over)
1881
GIZA, THE HEAD OF THE SPHINX, 4TH DYNASTY
Reiser
Giza, The Head of the Sphinx, 4th Dynasty
1800–1899
"AND SEEING A WATER-BIRD FLY UPWARD, HE TOOK HIS BOW AND SHOT IT THROUGH THE HEART AND IT FELL AMONG THE ROSE-GATHERERS"
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
"And seeing a water-bird fly upward, he took his bow and shot it through the heart and it fell among the rose-gatherers"
1881
SPHINXES OF AMENEMHAT III, 12TH DYNASTY, CAIRO, EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
G. Lekegian & Company
Sphinxes of Amenemhat III, 12th Dynasty, Cairo, Egyptian Museum
1800–1899