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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema O.M., R.A. (British, 1836-1912) A Spring Festival (On the Road to the Temple of Ceres) signed and inscribed 'L Alma Tadema op. CCVIII' (on the edge of the path, lower left) oil on canvas, in the artist's frame The painting: 35 ¾ x 20 ¾ in. (90.8 x 52.7 cm.) Overall: 49 ¾ x 31 ¾ in. (126. 80.6 cm.) Painted in 1879. Provenance with Pilgeram & Lefèvre, London, commissioned from the artist on 24 July 1879. with Charles William Deschamps, Esq. (1848-1908), London. with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired directly from the above, 22 July 1882. Mary Jane Sexton Morgan (1823-1885), New York, acquired directly from the above, 1 March 1884. Her estate sale; American Art Association, New York, 3-5 March 1886, lot 209, as Spring . with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired at the above sale. James Albert Garland (1870-1906), New York, acquired directly from the above, 6 March 1886. His estate sale; Christie's, London, 30 April 1909, lot 57, as Springtime . with William Walker Sampson, The British Galleries, London, acquired at the above sale. Stephen Bergeman, New York. His sale; Rains Galleries, New York, 30 November 1926, lot 26. Anne Weightman Walker Penfield (1844-1932), Pennsylvania and New York. Her sale; American Art Association, New York, 17-18 May 1934, lot 87, as A Spring Festival . Guilford Hall, Palm Beach, FL. with Newhouse Galleries, New York, acquired directly from the above, by February 1966. with William Rudd, Carriage House Gallery, Cincinnati, acquired directly from the above, 1969. with Newhouse Galleries, New York, acquired directly from the above, 1970. The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York and London, acquired directly from the above, 1971. Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 2011, lot 67, as A Spring Festival (On the Road to the Temple of Ceres) . Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.