Death of the Firstborn by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1872

Classic Art Print

This is a reproduction of a work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema of 1872.  Sir Lawrence was born in the Netherlands and from the age of sixteen he held a fascination for the Ancient World.  He moved to London in 1870 whe he was thirty-four and he soon rose in English society.  He died in 1912.  In this masterpiece the artist has captured both the unbearable grief at the death of the boy-prince of Egypt, but the stoic or shocked reaction of Pharaoh.  The work is currently at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

This work is 16 inches wide and 9.9 inches tall.