Lawrence Alma-Tadema created A Roman Family in 1868. The original is oil on panel and remains away from the public arena as part of a private collection. The reproduction oil painting A Roman Family we offer is a hand painted high quality oil on canvas work of art in itself which is available to art collectors worldwide. When art lovers cannot get to see the original oil painting they will invariably look at prints in order to get to know that painting. However, print is limited in comparison to oil on canvas: It simply cannot reproduce the multitude of colors or the luminosity that oil paint can – Therefore much is lost in the ‘translation’. However, this is not the case with hand painted oil on canvas wall art created by skilled artists.

In this composition Alma-Tadema has depicted mother and father with two small children: At the time, not so different from his own family life. The young baby is being breast fed while the father interacts with his young daughter playing with a doll and seated at her parent’s feet. The faces of the family are highly expressive which gives this oil painting a wonderful, warm atmosphere: A lovely composition which reflects this incredibly talented painter’s affiliation with life.