Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema produced the oil painting A Family Group as a gift for his wife Laura Epps on their silver wedding anniversary – Therefore this is a highly personal composition for from the artist: And why it is not so classically typical of his more architectural works. Alma-Tadema created the original in 1896: A time when the artist’s health was beginning to fail and so the amount of work he produced decreased – Although his popularity and accolade for his oil paintings by no way did.

The reproduction we offer is hand painted by highly skilled artists. Many of Alma-Tadema’s oil paintings were small scale: As was A Family Group. The reproduction is larger although scaled to keep the original’s perspectives in tact. The original was oil on wood panel – favored by many classical artists of the day. The reproduction is an oil on canvas art work.

Alma-Tadema became infatuated with Laura Epps in 1870 while she studied oil painting at the studios of Ford Madox-Brown. Laura is the woman sitting to the right: her sisters and brother to the left. In the background we can also see Alma-Tadema looking upon the group painted as a reflection in the mirror. A Family Portrait is just that. It is personal and sensitive: Not only a gift to his wife but also a gift to art lovers everywhere. An absolute must for avid collectors of this artist’s work.