Wax badan oo uu Alma-Tadema soo saari jiray ayaa hoos u dhacay, sababo la xiriira caafimaadkiisa, laakiin sidoo kale sababtoo ah rabitaankiisa ah inuu qurxiyo gurigiisa cusub, oo uu u 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
Halkaasoo si wanaagsan loogu soo dhoweeyey laguna soo dhaweeyay.