Summary

Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends
Artist	Lawrence Alma-Tadema  (1836–1912)      Alternative names Lawrence Alma Tadema, Lourens Alma Tadema, Laurens Alma Tadema Description Dutch-British painter, drawer, etcher and illustrator Date of birth/death 8 January 1836  25 June 1912  Location of birth/death Dronryp Wiesbaden Work period 1851-1912 Work location Antwerp (1852-1865), Leeuwarden (1855), Cologne (1861), Pompeii (1863-1864), Paris (1864), City of Brussels (1865-1870), London (1868, 1870-1912), Egypt (1902-1903) Authority file : Q240526 VIAF: 68986036 ISNI: 0000000081483905 ULAN: 500008100 LCCN: n79060123 NLA: 35889512 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q240526
Title	Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon  title QS:P1476,en:"Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon " label QS:Len,"Pheidias and the Frieze of the Parthenon " label QS:Lfr,"Phidias montrant la frise du Parthénon à un ami" label QS:Lla,"Phidias protypos Parthenonis amicis suis monstrans"
Object type	painting
Genre	history painting
Depicted people	Phidias
Date	1868
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	height: 72 cm (28.3 in) ; width: 110.5 cm (43.5 in)  dimensions QS:P2048,+72U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+110.5U174728
Collection	Birmingham Museums Trust    Location Birmingham , United Kingdom Coordinates 52° 28′ 48.18″ N, 1° 54′ 12.87″ W   Website www.birminghammuseums.org.uk  Authority file : Q4916759 VIAF: 316390754 LCCN: nb2015009910 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q4916759
Current location	Birmingham Museums Trust
Accession number	1923P118 (Birmingham Museums Trust)
Notes	English: Painting shows at left the North frieze slab XLVII and the West frieze Slabs I and up visible at right in the Parthenon.[1] Among the spectators, critics have identified Pericles, the bearded man facing Phidias. Next to him is his mistress, Aspasia. In the foreground stands a youth, Alcibiades, with his lover, Socrates.[2][3][4] The painting is currently housed (2021) in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
References	https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/explore-art/items/1923P118/pheidias-and-the-frieze-of-the-parthenon  Art UK artwork ID: pheidias-and-the-frieze-of-the-parthenon-33742
Source/Photographer	Birmingham Museums
Other versions	This file has an extracted image: 1868 Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends (cropped).jpg. Detail, Socrates and Alcibiades

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References

1. ↑ See Parthenon Frieze Slabs at [1] Last accessed 07-Apr-2007
2. ↑ "[S]undry prominent Athenians, including Perikles with Aspasia, and Socrates with young Alcibiades, perambulate the scaffolding . . ." Nigel Spivey, Understanding Greek Sculpture, p.152
3. ↑ "he introduces us to Phidias showing the frieze of the Parthenon to Pericles, Alcibiades, and Aspasia;" in SCRIBNERS MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1895, LAURENS ALMA-TADEMA, R.A. By Cosmo Monkhouse; p.670 Photo of page in the Cornell Library
4. ↑ "Little is actually known of the life of Phidias, but Alma-Tadema's picture easily convinces us that thus the great sculptor displayed to his friends and patrons his completed handiwork. Phidias himself, standing within the rope barrier, seems to await the favorable verdict of his illustrious protector, Pericles, who confronts him and has at his side the beautiful Aspasia. The young man at the extreme left seems meant for Alcibiades, who has also accepted an invitation to this private view of the frieze of the Parthenon, seen not as we now behold it in the British Museum, but with its match-less figures glowing with the tints just laid upon it by Phidias and his fellow-workers." in Among the Great Masters of Painting: Scenes in the Lives of Famous Painters; Walter Rowlands p.2

Socrates

Alcibiades

Pericles

Aspasia