Travelers to the Netherlands might consider a stop in the town of Leeuwarden in the northern part of the country, just several hours by car or train from Amsterdam, for a major retrospective of ...

Born Lourens Alma Tadema on January 8, 1836, in Dronrijp, Netherlands, he was the sixth child of Pieter Jiltes Tadema, a village notary, and Hinke Dirks Brouwer. After his father’s death in 1840, his ...

The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow has made one of the finest finds in its nearly 40-year run while filming in Harrogate, England. The item discovered is a long-lost painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ...

A guest on Antiques Roadshow stunned viewers and expert Rupert Maas after refusing to sell a portrait believed to be among the most valuable paintings ever featured on the show. The artwork, a ...

Lawrence Alma-Tadema was once one of the most sought-after painters in Europe during the 19th century for his pictures depicting the stern rulers and handsome youth of ancient Greece and Rome. The ...

Victorian-era critic John Ruskin called him the “worst painter of the 19th century.” Another critic thought a cigar box was Victorian-era critic John Ruskin called him the “worst painter of the 19th ...