{"id":27951,"date":"2025-10-16T18:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiek\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/a-favourite-custom-the-bath-alma-tadema-1909\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:47:16","slug":"a-favourite-custom-the-bath-alma-tadema-1909","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/a-favourite-custom-the-bath-alma-tadema-1909\/","title":{"rendered":"A Favourite Custom \/ The Bath &#8211; Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1909"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"299\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"37\">&#8220;A Favourite Custom&#8221; \/ &#8220;The Bath&#8221;<\/strong>, photogravure published by the Berlin Photographic Company after the painting (Opus CCCXCI) by <strong>Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema<\/strong>, <strong>1909<\/strong>. Signed in pencil lower left by Alma-Tadema. Coloured by a later hand. Size: approx. 38 \u00d7 26 cm (in original frame: 75.5 \u00d7 58 cm).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"1244\">The depictions of Roman baths are among Alma-Tadema\u2019s most successful works. In the foreground we see a cold-water pool (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frigidarium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frigidarium<\/a>) where one woman playfully splashes another; in the background, a changing room (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apodyterium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apodyterium<\/a>) with, behind a curtain, a glimpse into a colonnaded gallery. The composition is largely a reconstruction of the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stabian_Baths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stabian Baths<\/a> in Pompeii, excavated in 1824. Alma-Tadema combined architectural elements from the various rooms of the baths, which were divided into separate sections for men and women. The precisely rendered stucco above the doorway, the shape of the room, and the wall niches (imaginatively fitted by the artist with numbered lockers) are based on the well-preserved men\u2019s apodyterium, while the ceiling was copied from the men\u2019s hot bath (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caldarium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caldarium<\/a>). Alma-Tadema owned photographs of the apodyterium and of other interior and exterior parts of the complex.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1685\">The artist enhanced the setting\u2019s opulence beyond that of the Stabian Baths by using marble walls and floors, reminiscent of those in the grand imperial <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baths_of_Caracalla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baths of Caracalla<\/a>. A few of his favourite classical motifs \u2014 such as the silver vase (also seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema\/dedication-to-bacchus-alma-tadema-1892\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1538\">Dedication to Bacchus<\/em><\/a>) and the table with lion\u2019s-paw feet (appearing in several of his works) \u2014 are here suitably placed within their early-imperial surroundings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1687\" data-end=\"1892\">The painting itself was small in size (66 \u00d7 45 cm), which minimised the potential effect of the graceful nude figures; they are depicted almost as accessories to an archaeological reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1894\" data-end=\"1930\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Price: SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A Favourite Custom&#8221; \/ &#8220;The Bath&#8221;, photogravure published by the Berlin Photographic Company after the painting (Opus CCCXCI) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1909. Signed in pencil lower left by Alma-Tadema. Coloured by a later hand. Size: approx. 38 \u00d7 26 cm (in original frame: 75.5 \u00d7 58 cm). 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