Welcome Footsteps (Well-known Footsteps)

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Arthur Tooth & Sons

May 7, 1883 · Engraving on chine collé · Drawings and Prints

A Roman woman sits on a tigerskin in an interior, listening with anticipation as a bearded man approaches from outside, carrying a bouquet of flowers. A back view of a male nude statue can also be glimpsed through the doorway. Based on an oil on panel dated November 1883 (Opus CCLVII).

Artist

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Arthur Tooth & Sons

Date

May 7, 1883

Medium

Engraving on chine collé

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959