The First Course–The Dinner

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Thomas McLean

1881 · Etching on chine collé; proof · Drawings and Prints

The First Course–The Dinner — Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Thomas McLean

A young Roman woman holds a wine cup and stands next to a young man who reclines on a dias as an older man drinks at right. Men dressed in dark togas with wreaths around their heads enter at left. The print is based on a lost oil on panel painting (Opus CCXII, dated January 29, 1880).

Artist
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Leopold Löwenstam|Thomas McLean
Date
1881
Medium
Etching on chine collé; proof
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946