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The Parting Kiss
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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The Parting Kiss by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, reimagined as a hand-painted oil on canvas that carries the depth and surface a serious collector looks for.
Description
Description
A quiet farewell unfolds on marble steps warmed by Mediterranean light, two figures caught at the threshold between staying and leaving, their gesture suspended somewhere between formality and genuine feeling. It is a small human moment, the kind that could pass unnoticed, and that restraint is precisely what drew the eye of Alma-Tadema toward classical antiquity as a stage for private emotion.
About Parting Kiss
The scene belongs to the long sequence of Roman-inspired subjects that occupied Alma-Tadema through the height of his career, when he had perfected a way of using architecture and costume to frame intimate exchanges rather than grand narrative. Sunlight falls across stone and fabric with an almost forensic clarity, picking out the veining of marble and the fall of drapery, while the figures themselves are handled with a softer, more searching touch. The contrast gives the composition its particular charge: hard surfaces surrounding soft gesture, public setting containing a private instant.
Colour and light do the work of narrative here. Warm flesh tones and pale stone sit against cooler shadow, and the transitions between them are built up gradually rather than stated in a single stroke, a technique that rewards close looking at the way one plane of colour dissolves into the next. This is where a museum quality reproduction earns its place: a trained painter working in oil on canvas can follow those transitions by hand, laying pigment in the same sequence Alma-Tadema might have used, so the surface carries real depth rather than a flattened approximation. The result is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction with its own texture and brushwork, not a copy pressed onto paper.
The hand-painted reproduction
The scene still holds attention because it withholds as much as it shows, leaving the viewer to supply the story behind the gesture. Owning a painted version of that moment means owning an object with the same kind of presence, a surface that changes under different light and rewards the sustained attention a serious collector would give it. What arrives is:
- A hand-painted oil on canvas, not a printed copy
- A choice of sizes to suit the wall it is intended for
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- A certificate of authenticity included with the piece
- 90 day returns, with a full refund or a free replacement and no restocking fee
PRODUCT INFORMATION
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.
Empty walls flatten a room. A classical artwork restores structure and visual hierarchy. One painting defines the space, anchors furniture, and establishes identity.
Delivery in 3 to 4 weeks
Worldwide shipping included. Each painting is produced to order and safely packed for international transport.
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Authentic hand-painted reproduction
Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.
90-day money-back guarantee
If the result does not meet expectations, return it for a full refund.
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.
Insured Express Delivery
We ship with UPS, FedEx, or DHL straight to your door. You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio. Typical delivery is 5 to 7 days after dispatch; large, framed, or stretched pieces may take longer depending on the safest shipping route.
Unframed canvases are protected with a film, carefully rolled, and secured inside a rigid shipping tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped, and Framed paintings are wrapped, cushioned with foam protection, and boxed for safe transit.
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