# The Egyptian Widow

- By: Lourens Alma Tadema (Dronrijp, 1836–1912)
- Date: 1872
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 74.9 cm x width 99.1 cm
- Credit line: Gift of Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser, Montreux
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2427--4534e920349ec16e36f7ebf2326acf74)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/rfeVO/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Frisian artist Alma-Tadema was a great success in England, where he was even knighted. His representations of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman scenes made him one of the most popular 19th-century painters. In this picture, full of archaeological details, a woman is mourning beside the inner mummy case containing the body of her husband. His sarcophagus stands at left, while priests and singers lament the departed.