A letter in the Clark curatorial file from Evelyn Joll of Agnew’s, dated 5 Apr. 108 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978.ġ. 1946) great-grandson of Thwaites sale, Christie’s, London, 24 Jan. 1907) Elma Amy Thwaites Yerburgh, London, her daughter, by descent (1907–d. 1888) Eliza Amelia Thwaites, Blackburn, his wife, by descent (1888–d. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1978.12 Provenance Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The Women of Amphissa, 1887, oil on canvas. The painting illustrates an event recorded by the Greek historian Plutarch, which Alma-Tadema staged as a lesson in charity for his Victorian audience. Amphissa and Phocis are at war, but the women of Amphissa graciously offer the bacchantes nourishment and protection. Followers of Bacchus, the god of wine, awaken in the marketplace of Amphissa, Greece, where they have wandered from their home in Phocis during a night of ritual dancing.
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