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The Roses of Heliogabalus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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The Roses of Heliogabalus

Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1888

Artist
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Date
1888
Where to see it
Pérez Simón Collection

Pérez Simón Collection · Public domain · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗

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About Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there.

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