Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Egyptians 3,000 years ago
Artwork Detail
Alma-Tadema was famous for the architectural and archaeological accuracy of the backgrounds in his history paintings. Egyptians 3000 years ago is a replica of his second great success, (in the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, England) and shows Phtames entertaining a Nubian ambassador in the Royal Court of Egypt. The host was a scribe of the great house of the God Ptah at Memphis, and Phtames' name is inscribed on the furniture and wall, and derived from the column of his tomb in the Leiden Museum.
- Title
- Egyptians 3,000 years ago
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1863
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 995 x 1250 mm
- Credit line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1921
- Accession no
- M1921/1/3
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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