A Coign of Vantage, a luminous composition by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, immerses the viewer in the marble serenity of an imagined Greco-Roman terrace. Three elegantly robed women lean over a balustrade, absorbed in a moment of leisurely observation. Alma-Tadema’s mastery of classical revival is evident in the architectural realism, the gleam of sunlit stone, and the flowing opalescent fabrics that suggest wealth and languor. The lion sculpture and glimmering water below contribute to a tableau that evokes timeless luxury and cultivated repose. This work celebrates the allure of antiquity filtered through the refined lens of 19th-century academic painting.