| A Roman Flower Market | |
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| Artist | Lawrence Alma-Tadema |
| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Oil on panel, history painting |
| Dimensions | 42 cm× 58 cm(17 in× 23 in) |
| Location | Manchester Art Gallery, Greater Manchester |
A Roman Flower Market is an 1868 historical genre painting by the Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema. It depicts a marketplace, a common theme in Dutch Golden Age genre painting, which Alma-Tadema gives a twist by shifting the setting to the Ancient Roman settlement of Pompeii. [1]
Alma-Tadema settled in Britain where he became a prominent member of the Royal Academy of Arts. He was known for the many depictions of scenes in Ancient Rome he produced. The painting was bit exhibited in Britain until after the artist's death in 1912. Today the painting is in the Manchester Art Gallery, having been acquired in 1934. [2]
