Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Wax soo saarka Alma-Tadema wuu yaraaday wakhti ka dib, qayb ahaan caafimaad dartiis, laakiin sidoo kale sababtoo ah damaciisa weyn ee ah inuu qurxiyo gurigiisa cusub, oo uu u soo guuray 1883. Si kastaba ha noqotee, wuxuu sii waday inuu soo bandhigo dhammaan 1880-yadii iyo tobankii sano ee xigay, isagoo helay abaalmarino fara badan, oo ay ku jiraan billad sharaf ah Bandhigga Caalamiga ah ee Paris ee 1889, doorashada xubinnimada sharafta leh ee Jaamacadda Oxford Dramatic Society 1890, iyo Bilada Dahabka ah ee weyn ee Bandhigga Caalamiga ah ee Brussels ee 1897. Sanadkii 1899 waxaa lagu sharfay England, kaliya farshaxankii siddeedaad ee ka yimid Qaaradda si uu u helo sharaftan. Kaliya maahan inuu ka caawiyay abaabulka qaybta Ingiriiska ee Bandhigga Caalamiga ah ee 1900 ee Paris, wuxuu sidoo kale soo bandhigay laba shaqo oo uu ku kasbaday Shahaadada Grand Prix. Wuxuu sidoo kale ka caawiyay
Bandhigga Caalamiga ah ee St. Louis ee 1904 halkaas oo si fiican loogu matalay lana soo dhoweeyey.