File:1868 Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends (cropped).jpg

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Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends
Artist	Lawrence Alma-Tadema  (1836–1912)      Alternative names Lawrence Alma Tadema, Lourens Alma Tadema, Laurens Alma Tadema Description Dutch-British painter, drawer, etcher and illustrator Date of birth/death 8 January 1836  25 June 1912  Location of birth/death Dronryp Wiesbaden Work period 1851-1912 Work location Antwerp (1852-1865), Leeuwarden (1855), Cologne (1861), Pompeii (1863-1864), Paris (1864), City of Brussels (1865-1870), London (1868, 1870-1912), Egypt (1902-1903) Authority file : Q240526 VIAF: 68986036 ISNI: 0000000081483905 ULAN: 500008100 LCCN: n79060123 NLA: 35889512 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q240526
Title	Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends
Object type	painting
Genre	history painting
Depicted people	Phidias
Date	1868 date QS:P571,+1868-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions	height: 110.5 cm (43.5 in); width: 72 cm (28.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,110.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,72U174728
Collection	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery    Native name Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Parent institution Birmingham Museums Trust  Location Birmingham England Coordinates 52° 28′ 49.08″ N, 1° 54′ 13.63″ W   Established 1885  Website website Authority file : Q1799857 VIAF: 135732405 ISNI: 0000000121636401 Historic England: 1210333 SUDOC: 029554020 CiNii: DA01563042 institution QS:P195,Q1799857
Current location	Birmingham Museums Trust
Accession number	1923P118 (Birmingham Museums Trust)
Notes	English: Painting shows at left the North frieze slab XLVII and the West frieze Slabs I and up visible at right.[1] Among the spectators, critics have identified Pericles, the bearded man facing Phidias. Next to him is his mistress, Aspasia. In the foreground stands a boy, Alcibiades, with his lover, Socrates.[2][3][4]
References	https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/explore-art/items/1923P118/pheidias-and-the-frieze-of-the-parthenon  Art UK artwork ID: pheidias-and-the-frieze-of-the-parthenon-33742
Source/Photographer	Unknown sourceUnknown source
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1. ↑ See Parthenon Frieze Slabs at [1] Last accessed 07-Apr-2007
2. ↑ "[S]undry prominent Athenians, including Perikles with Aspasia, and Socrates with young Alcibiades, perambulate the scaffolding . . ." Nigel Spivey, Understanding Greek Sculpture, p.152
3. ↑ "he introduces us to Phidias showing the frieze of the Parthenon to Pericles, Alcibiades, and Aspasia;" in SCRIBNERS MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1895, LAURENS ALMA-TADEMA, R.A. By Cosmo Monkhouse; p.670 Photo of page in the Cornell Library
4. ↑ "Little is actually known of the life of Phidias, but Alma Tadema's picture easily convinces us that thus the great sculptor displayed to his friends and patrons his completed handiwork. Phidias himself, standing within the rope barrier, seems to await the favorable verdict of his illustrious protector, Pericles, who confronts him and has at his side the beautiful Aspasia. The young man at the extreme left seems meant for Alcibiades, who has also accepted an invitation to this private view of the frieze of the Parthenon, seen not as we now behold it in the British Museum, but with its match-less figures glowing with the tints just laid upon it by Phidias and his fellow-workers." in Among the Great Masters of Painting: Scenes in the Lives of Famous Painters; Walter Rowlands p.2