#LawrenceAlma-Tadema (Dutch/English, 1836 - 1912) • Vain Courtship • 1900
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The Roses of Heliogabalus
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1888

Happy Valentine’s Day, celebrate by looking at this (possibly false) depiction of Roman Emperor Elagabalus, drowning his subjects in rose petals.

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