A Difference of Opinion

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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A Difference of Opinion
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Date: 1896
Style: Romanticism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 38.1 x 22.86 cm
Location: Private Collection


The lovers’ tiff was a popular nineteenth-century theme suitable for depiction in any historical theme or setting, whether ancient or medieval, eighteenth century or modern. This work is a little unusual for Alma-Tadema in the amount of personal emotion shown by the male suitor as he tries to convince his lady of some proposition. The bronze statue of the cherub with the goose is from the Museo Nationale in Naples.