A5 The Roses of Heliogabalus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle 100 Pieces Laser Cut Vivid Colors UV Printed
Description:
WOODEN PUZZLE: A jigsaw puzzle made of prime wood with intricate details and vivid colors. This will provide hours of brain stimulating activity. This is an A5 size puzzle please refer to pictures for size details.
SPECIAL PIECES: This puzzle has special animal patterns intermixed with random puzzle shapes.
PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: Challenges the brain, stimulates creativity and fosters attention development. Its varied mix of colors and shapes makes for an engaging activity while being fun-filled at the same time.
LASER-CUT PIECES: Has laser-cut interlocking wooden pieces that snap tightly into place. They are also 5mm in thickness.
PACKAGE CONTENTS:
- Wooden Puzzle
- Retail Box
- Mesh Cloth Puzzle Pieces Bag
- Paper Reference Drawing Pattern
More on 'The Roses of Heliogabalus' by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (from Wikipedia):
The Roses of Heliogabalus is an 1888 painting by the Anglo-Dutch artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema depicting the young Roman emperor Elagabalus (203–222 AD) hosting a banquet. The painting measures 132.7 × 214.4 centimetres (52.2 × 84.4 in). It shows a group of Roman diners at a banquet, being swamped by drifts of pink rose petals falling from a false ceiling above. The youthful Roman emperor Elagabalus, wearing a golden silk robe and tiara, watches the spectacle from a platform behind them, with other garlanded guests. A woman plays the double pipes beside a marble pillar in the background, wearing the leopard skin of a maenad, with a bronze statue of Dionysus, based on the Ludovisi Dionysus, in front of a view of distant hills. The painting depicts a (probably invented) episode in the life of the Roman emperor Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, taken from the Augustan History.
The painting was commissioned by Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet for £4,000 in 1888. As roses were out of season in the United Kingdom, Alma-Tadema is reputed to have had rose petals sent from the south of France each week during the four months in which it was painted. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1888. Aird died in 1911, and the painting was inherited by his son Sir John Richard Aird, 2nd Baronet. After Alma-Tadema died in 1912, the painting was exhibited at a memorial exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1913, the last time it was seen at a public exhibition in the UK until 2014.
Alma-Tadema's reputation declined markedly in the decades after his death. Following the death of the 2nd Baronet in 1934, the painting was sold by his son, the 3rd Baronet, in 1935 for 483 guineas. It failed to sell at Christie's in 1960 and was "bought in" by the auction house for 100 guineas. Next, it was acquired by Allen Funt: he was the producer of Candid Camera and a collector of Alma-Tadema's at a time when the artist remained very unfashionable. After Funt experienced financial troubles, he sold the painting along with the rest of his collection at Sotheby's in London in November 1973, achieving a price of £28,000. The painting was sold again by American collector Frederick Koch at Christie's in London in June 1993 for £1,500,000. It is currently owned by the Spanish-Mexican billionaire businessman and art collector Juan Antonio Pérez Simón.
