Alma-Tadema Spring Music Box

Art and music combine in this charming music box. The outer paper box features a detail from one of the J. Paul Getty Museum's 19th Century Paintings, Spring by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Inside, a high-quality sound mechanism is mounted on a resonance board for sound quality. The melody "Four Seasons: Spring" by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi plays when the hand crank is turned.- Box dimensions: 2.25 inches x 1.75 x 1.25 inches- Made in China- Item #: GMB02 A procession of women and children descending marble stairs carry and wear brightly colored flowers. Cheering spectators fill the windows and roof of a classical building. Lawrence Alma-Tadema here represented the Victorian custom of sending children into the country to collect flowers on the morning of May 1, or May Day, but placed the scene in ancient Rome. In this way, he suggested the festival's great antiquity through architectural details, dress, sculpture, and even the musical instruments based on Roman originals.Alma-Tadema's curiosity a