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Lesbia Weeping over a Sparrow
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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A quiet, intimate reproduction of Lesbia Weeping over a Sparrow by Alma-Tadema, hand-painted in oil to preserve its subdued light and private grief.
Description
Description
A canvas of modest size holds a single figure close to the viewer, the kind of scale that asks for quiet proximity rather than distance. There is no crowd here, no marble colonnade receding into sunlight, just a woman bent over a small dead bird, and the frame draws the eye inward rather than around, so the viewer stands near her rather than before a scene.
About Lesbia Weeping Over a Sparrow
The subject comes from the elegies of Catullus, where Lesbia mourns her pet sparrow with a grief the poet renders both tender and slightly absurd in its intensity. Alma-Tadema takes that private sorrow and gives it weight without spectacle, isolating Lesbia so that her posture, the tilt of her head, the stillness of her hands, carries the entire emotional register of the picture. Where much of his output turns on marble terraces and crowded Roman leisure, this work narrows to one figure and one loss, and the light follows that narrowing, softened and low, reflective rather than dazzling.
The handling of surface in this period of his career shows the same archaeological fluency that made him sought after, applied here to something closer to portraiture than to spectacle. Fabric, skin, and the small still form of the bird are rendered with the controlled finish typical of academic painting of the period, yet the mood is inward, closer to psychological study than to the decorative classicism for which he is often remembered. It remains a famous painting less for its size or ambition than for how convincingly it renders private feeling within a genre built on public display, and that quiet persistence is part of why it continues to hold attention more than a century later.
The hand-painted reproduction
A hand-painted oil painting reproduction of this work is created by trained artists working directly in oil on canvas, matching the subdued palette and the delicate transitions of light across Lesbia and her sparrow. Brushwork and surface texture are preserved by hand rather than simulated, so the piece carries the depth of layered colour and the tactile quality of a painted object, not a printed one, suited to the close and repeated viewing the subject invites.
- Hand-painted oil on canvas, created by a professional artist
- Available in multiple sizes to fit your space
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included
- Free worldwide shipping, with no shipping charge to any country
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Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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