CHECKLIST 

ALMA-TADEMA AS A PAINTER OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Preparations for the Festivities (The Floral Wreath)
1866
Oil on canvas
21 1⁄4 x 27 1⁄4 in. (54 x 69.2 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Bequest of Madeleine Dahlgren Townsend
1982.11

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
The Sculpture Gallery
1875
Oil on panel
30 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄4 in. (76.8 x 59 cm)
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
89.45

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Between Hope and Fear
1876
Oil on canvas
30 3⁄4 x 45 1⁄2 in. (78.1 x 128.2 cm)
Private collection, Fort Worth, Texas

Lock & Whitfield, photographers
British, active 1856–1894
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publishers
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1881
Woodburytype or carbon print
Image: 4 15⁄16 x 3 1⁄2 in. (12.5 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 6 7⁄16 x 3 3⁄4 in. (16.3 x 9.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2000.15.3

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
The Archer, from The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold from Firdusi
Retold by Helen Zimmern with prefatory poem by Edmund Gosse (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1883)
c. 1882
Etching on chine collé laid down on paper, proof before edition
Image: 7 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 in. (19 x 14 cm); sheet: 12 5⁄16 x 8 11⁄16 in. (31.3 x 22 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1983.10

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
The Lovers, from The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold from Firdusi
Retold by Helen Zimmern with prefatory poem by Edmund Gosse (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1883)
c. 1882
Etching on chine collé laid down on paper
Image: 5 5⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 in. (14.3 x 19 cm); sheet: 8 11⁄16 x 11 1⁄4 in. (22 x 28.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1988.234

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
The Women of Amphissa
1887
Oil on canvas
48 1⁄4 x 72 1⁄2 in. (122.5 x 184.2 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1978.12

Edward Onslow Ford
English, 1852–1901
Portrait Bust of Lawrence Alma-Tadema
c. 1895
Marble
28 3⁄4 x 24 13⁄16 x 16 15⁄16 in. (73 x 63 x 43 cm)
University of Birmingham Research and Cultural Collections

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Hopeful
1909
Oil on panel
13 3⁄8 x 5 7⁄16 in. (34 x 13.8 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1955.873 

HENRY GURDON MARQUAND AND THE MARQUAND MANSION

Text attributed to George William Sheldon
American, 1843–1914
Artistic Houses: Being a Series of Interior Views of a Number of the Most Beautiful and Celebrated Homes in the United States, vol. 2, part 1 (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1883–84)
Height: 19 11⁄16 in. (50 cm)
Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Printed Books Collection
PML 127669

Heliotype Printing Co., Boston
“Residence of H. G. Marquand,” in American Architect and Building News, no. 548 (June 26, 1886)
Color heliotype (color photolithograph)
11 1⁄4 x 14 3⁄4 in. (28.6 x 37.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Attributed to George Collins Cox
American, 1851–1902
Marquand Music Room: view of the room and ceiling from the alcove
c. 1888–90
Albumen print mounted on mat board, stamped: G. C. Cox Photo
Photograph: 9 3⁄4 x 15 7⁄8 in. (24.8 x 40.3 cm); secondary support: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums, Photo Archives Center

Robert Swain Gifford
American, 1840–1905, program artist
Printer unknown
Programme for a Musical Concert
1892
Etched and engraved cardstock paper
10 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm)
Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums

B. Krieger
“Chambre Mauresque dans l’hôtel de Mr. H. G. Marquand à New York” (“Moorish Room in Mr. H. G.
Marquand’s House, New York”), from American Architect and Building News, no. 950 (March 10, 1894)
Hand-colored etching
Sheet: 17 1⁄4 x 13 in. (43.8 x 33 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Henry G. Marquand
1897
Oil on canvas
52 x 41 3⁄4 in. (132.1 x 106 cm)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of the Trustees, 1897
97.43

Thomas E. Kirby
American, 1846–1924, editor
Illustrated Catalogue of the Art and Literary Property Collected by the Late Henry G. Marquand (New York: American Art Association, 1903)
Book: 14 1⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 x 2 5⁄8 in. (35.9 x 28.3 x 6.7 cm)
Clark Art Institute Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts 

THE CREATION OF THE MARQUAND MUSIC ROOM

Johnstone, Jupe & Co., London
“Jupe’s Patent” Extending Dining Table
c. 1839
Mahogany
Height: 29 1⁄2 in. (75 cm); diameter: 70 1⁄2 in. (179 cm) closed, 85 5⁄8 in. (217.5 cm) small leaves, 99 13⁄16 in. (253.5 cm) large leaves
Lent by Apter–Fredericks Ltd., London

William Zahn
German, 1800–1871
Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben (Berlin:
D. Reimer, 1849)
Book: 11 5⁄8 x 16 1⁄2 x 1 1⁄4 in. (30 x 41.9 x 3.1 cm)
Clark Art Institute Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Owen Jones, British
1809–1874
The Grammar of Ornament (London: Day & Son, 1856)
Book: 22 3⁄4 x 15 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄8 in. (57.8 x 38.7 x 5.4 cm)
Clark Art Institute Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Giorgio Sommer
Italian or German, 1834–1914
“Altar at Pompeii, House of Epidius Sabinus”
Photograph
c. 1860–70
Photograph: 10 3⁄16 x 8 in. (25.9 x 20.3 cm); secondary support: 18 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄16 in. (46 x 30.6 cm)
Alma-Tadema Archive, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham, England
AT7650–1915

Giacomo Brogi
Italian, 1822–1881
“Pompei, dettaglio dell’Impluvia nella casa di Cornelio Rufo” (“Pompeii, detail of the impluvium in the house of Cornelius Rufus”)
Photograph
c. 1870–80
Photograph: 3 7⁄8 x 5 5⁄8 in. (9.9 x 14.3 cm); secondary support: 12 1⁄16 x 18 1⁄8 in. (30.6 x 46 cm)
Alma-Tadema Archive, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham, England
AT11054-1915

Photographer unknown
“Relief”
c. 1870
Photograph mounted to board
Photograph: 9 3⁄4 x 7 1⁄4 in. (24.7 x 18.5 cm); secondary support: 18 1⁄8 x 12 in. (46 x 30.4 cm)
Alma-Tadema Archive, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham, England
AT11826-1915

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
“Ornamental Scrolls on Samian Pottery Found in London”
c. 1870
Drawing in graphite on tracing paper, mounted to cream wove paper
Drawing: 6 3⁄16 x 7 1⁄4 in. (15.7 x 18.5 cm); secondary support: 18 1⁄8 x 12 in. (46 x 30.5 cm)
Alma-Tadema Archive, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham, England
E2766-1915

Alphonse Legros
French, 1837–1911
Edward Poynter
1877
Etching and drypoint on paper
Plate: 10 3⁄16 x 6 11⁄16 in. (25.8 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 14 1⁄2 x 9 3⁄4 in. (36.9 x 24.8 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1985.44

Alphonse Legros, French
1837–1911
Sir Frederic Leighton
1878
Etching and drypoint on paper
Plate: 15 x 9 15⁄16 in. (38.1 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 18 11⁄16 x 11 13⁄16 in. (47.4 x 30 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1987.54

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
First Concept for “A Reading from Homer”
c. 1882
Pencil on wove paper
4 1⁄2 x 9 in. (11.4 x 22.9 cm)
Dahesh Museum of Art, New York
1997.2

Paul-Adolphe Rajon
French, 1842/43–1888
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1883
Etching on paper
Plate: 16 1⁄4 x 11 3⁄4 in. (41.3 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 18 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄4 in. (47 x 33.7 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Anonymous Gift
2016.6

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
“Bronze and Wooden Seat in Museo Napoli, Found in Pompeii”
1883
Drawing on paper, mounted to board
Drawing: 10 1⁄16 x 14 7⁄16 in. (25.5 x 36.6 cm); secondary support: 12 1⁄16 x 18 1⁄8 in. (30.6 x 46 cm)
Alma-Tadema Archive, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham, England
E2677-1915

Jason J. Gaul
British, active from c. 1883
“End of a Bronze Seat, Pompei”
May 8, 1883
Drawing on paper, mounted to board
Drawing: 6 15⁄16 x 4 13⁄16 in. (17.6 x 12.3 cm); secondary support: 18 x 12 in. (45.8 x 30.5 cm)
Alma-Tadema Archive, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham, England
E2680-1915

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Sample Panel for the Marquand Music Room
c. 1884
Cedar, ivory, boxwood, ebony, abalone, glass and red foil, and period frame
8 1⁄4 x 20 1⁄2 x 1 in. (21 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2010.2

Frederic, Lord Leighton
English, 1830–1896
Study for “The Marquand Ceiling”: Composition of Left Panel
c. 1885
Black and white chalk on brown paper
14 1⁄2 x 10 in. (36.7 x 25.4 cm)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Leighton House Museum
LHO/D/0655

Frederic, Lord Leighton
English, 1830–1896
Study for “The Marquand Ceiling”: Composition of Right Panel
c. 1885
Black and white chalk on brown paper
14 x 10 3⁄16 in. (35.7 x 25.9 cm)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Leighton House Museum
LHO/D/0652

Frederic, Lord Leighton
English, 1830–1896
Squared-Up Tracing for Marquand’s Music Room
c. 1886
Pencil on tracing paper
6 5/8 x 10 13⁄16 in. (16.8 x 27.5 cm)
Lent by the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Given by Mrs. Matthews and Mrs. Orr, 1896
04/1115 

THE MARQUAND MUSIC ROOM

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Amo Te, Ama Me
1881
Oil on panel
6 15⁄16 x 15 in. (17.5 x 38 cm)
Collection Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Acquisition supported by the Rembrandt Foundation, the Mondriaan Fund, and the Wassenbergh-Clarijs-Fontein Foundation
No. S2005–024

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
A Reading from Homer
1885
Oil on canvas
36 1⁄8 x 72 1⁄4 in. (91.8 x 183.5 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
George W. Elkins Collection
E1924-4-1

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Steinway & Sons, New York, instrument and case
Edward Poynter
English, 1836–1919, painter of fallboard
Model D Pianoforte and Stools
1884–87
Oak, cherry, ebony, boxwood, satinwood, cedar, holly, ivory, coral, mother-of-pearl, abalone, copper, brass, silver, parchment, oil on cedar, and modern upholstery
Piano: 40 3⁄16 x 104 3⁄4 x 59 13⁄16 in. (102.1 x 266.1 x 151.9 cm); stools, each: 21 x 22 3⁄4 x 17 3⁄4 in. (53.3 x 57.8 x 45.1 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1997.8

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Elaborate Music Cabinet
1884–85
Ebony, boxwood, cedar, ivory, mother-of-pearl, abalone shell, marble, and brass
78 x 92 1⁄2 x 18 in. (198.1 x 235 x 45.7 cm)
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
84.101

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Long Settee
1884–85
Ebony, cedar, boxwood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, abalone, brass, glass and red foil, and modern upholstery
35 13⁄16 x 96 7⁄16 x 28 1⁄8 in. (91 x 245 x 71.5 cm)
Mugrabi Collection

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Medium Settee
1884–85
Ebony, cedar, boxwood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, abalone, brass, glass and red foil, and modern upholstery
35 13⁄16 x 71 x 28 1⁄8 in. (91 x 180.5 x 71.5 cm)
Mugrabi Collection

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Curved Settee
1884–85
Ebony, cedar, boxwood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, abalone, brass, glass and red foil, and modern upholstery
35 11⁄16 x 50 3⁄16 x 33 7⁄16 in. (90.5 x 127.5 x 85 cm)
Mugrabi Collection

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Two Occasional Chairs
1884–85
Ebony, cedar, boxwood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, abalone, brass, glass and red foil, and modern upholstery
Each 34 1⁄4 x 20 x 21 7⁄8 in. (87 x 50.5 x 55.5 cm)
Mugrabi Collection

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Settee
c. 1885
Ebony, boxwood, cedar, ivory, mother-of-pearl, brass, glass and red foil, and modern upholstery
35 1⁄2 x 58 1⁄4 x 28 in. (90.2 x 148 x 71.1 cm)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Elizabeth Love Godwin, 1975
1975.219a

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Armchair
1884–85
Mahogany with cedar and ebony veneer; carving and inlay of ebony, cedar, boxwood, ivory, abalone shell, brass, and glass and red foil; and modern upholstery
35 3⁄8 x 27 1⁄8 x 26 in. (90.2 x 68.5 x 67 cm)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
W.25: 1, 2-1980

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Circular-Top Table
1884–85
Onyx, ebony, cedar, boxwood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, and brass
Height: 28 1⁄2 in. (72.4 cm); diameter: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Private collection, New York

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer
British, born Netherlands, 1836–1912
Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers
Pair of Portieres
c. 1885–87
Silk rep and satin fabrics and silk embroidery threads and trims
Each 87 1⁄2 x 44 3⁄4 in. (222.3 x 113.7 cm)
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gift of Brian Coleman
2015.2.1–.2

Attributed to the Pasikles Painter
Neck-Amphora
Greek, Attic, c. 520–510 BCE
Terracotta, black figure
Height: 16 7⁄16 in. (41.7 cm)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Christos G. Bastis, 1967
67.44.1

Etruscan
Vase in the Form of the Head of an African Boy
4th century BCE
Terracotta
Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1903
03.3.1

Foundry unknown
Dancing Faun of Pompeii
c. 1880
Bronze
31 x 13 x 12 in. (78.7 x 33 x 30.5 cm)
Elaine Grant and Matthew Larkin

Sabatino de Angelis & fils, Naples, Italy
Active 1840–early 1900s
Narcissus
1889
Bronze
24 x 12 x 10 in. (61 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Alan Shapiro in memory of Louis S. Mohollen, 2010
2010-147-1

 A fully illustrated catalogue, edited by Kathleen M. Morris and Alexis Goodin with contributions by Kathleen M. Morris, Alexis Goodin, Melody Barnett Deusner, and Hugh Glover, accompanies the exhibition. This beautiful publication documents and examines the celebrated design of an elaborate music room for financier, art collector, and philanthropist Henry Gurdon Marquand by eminent British painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The catalogue is published by the Clark and distributed by Yale University Press. Call the Museum Store at 413 458 0520 to order.