![]() ![]() What a picture of grief is this mother, clasping her dead son on his father's knees, while prostrated about them are the mourning family retainers! Egypt lives in this painting. ![]() Here on an Egyptian housetop, in the time of Moses, is symbolized the deep mourning into which Egypt was suddenly plunged when, "It came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon." Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema has answered those critics who charge him with lacking sentiment, and assert that his pictures possess no heart-interest. Art and Artist study of Tadema biblical paintings. Lawrence Alma-Tadema Gallery of Royalty Free Images Art Works in High Resolution. ![]()
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