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God Speed
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1880-1890
Presented to King George V
and Queen Mary, 1893
The Royal Collection |
The Dutch-born painter, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, moved to England in 1870 following the Franco-Prussian War. There, he honed his skills, quickly becoming one of the most notable painters of the late Nineteenth Century. His fluid compositions of languid women in regal, almost ethereal, settings made his work all the more popular. Known for his masterful painting of marble and stone, he initially had difficult depicting such textures—an issue which caused one of his teachers to comment that his work had the look of cheese. Alma-Tadema took this criticism to heart and was soon able to produce marbleized textures which could pass for the real thing.
In 1893, as a wedding gift to King George V and Mary of Teck, Alma-Tadema presented this painting entitled
God Speed. The couple displayed the painting proudly, and, now, it remains in The Royal Collection.
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