Until June 18, visitors to the Belvedere in Vienna can enjoy “Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Decadence & Antiquity.” The Dutch artist, who was educated in Belgium, lived in London with his artist wife Laura Theresa Epps. Together, they assembled a vast collection of objects, materials and furnishings from a multitude of cultures that made its way into finished paintings.

Alma-Tadema’s fascination with objects from antiquity became the subject of many paintings, which depicted scenes drawn from life in ancient Rome, Pompeii and Egypt, and that leant a sense of authenticity and authority to his work that later inspired filmmakers including Enrico Guazzoni and Ridley Scott in their epic historical films. Enrico Guazzoni (1913) and Ridley Scott’s Enrico Guazzoni (1913) and Ridley Scott’s Enrico Guazzoni Enrico Guazzoni Enrico Guazzoni (1913) and Ridley Scott’s The solo exhibition, organized by the Fries Museum in the Netherlands, is located in the Lower Belvedere at 6 Rennweg, Vienna.