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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).
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Title: Welcome Footsteps (Well-known Footsteps)
Artist:
After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
Etcher:
Leopold Löwenstam (Dutch, Düsseldorf 1842–1898 Three Bridges, Sussex)
Publisher:
Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
Publisher:
The Printsellers' Association, London (British, established 1847)
Date: 1891
Medium: Etching on chine collé; proof
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 21 1/4 in. (42.7 x 54 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number: 59.592.7
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