Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch classical-subject painter, famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire and Egyptian society. Creator of nearly 300 artworks, some of his more well-known pieces include Sappho and Alcaeus (1881), A Reading from Homer (1885), The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888), Spring (1894), and The Finding of Moses (1904).
==References==
* A print of his Reading from Homer appears on a postcard taped to the side of the cash register in Pete's Luncheonette.
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