Midday Slumbers, 1888, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch (active Britain), Dutch (active Britain), 1836¡V1912, 26 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (66.3 x 26 cm) (sheet)37 1/16 ¡Ñ 21 1/16 ¡Ñ 3 1/2 in. (94.14 ¡Ñ 53.5 ¡Ñ 8.89 cm) (outer frame), Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite, England, 19th century, Lawrence Alma-Tadema achieved spectacular success in England producing dreamy, mildly erotic paintings of languorous Victorian beauties in gorgeously appointed antique spaces¡XRoman baths and markets, colonnaded Grecian terraces, Egyptian houses. His house in London was almost as renowned as his paintings. Reports describe classically inspired architecture, ornament, and mosaics, all designed by the artist himself. Paintings and house alike were informed by a deep knowledge of and fervent fascination with antiquity.