Object Details
- Artist
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937
- Luce Center Label
- Henry Ossawa Tanner might have created this scene with a passage from the Gospel of Luke in mind. In the background, Mary and Joseph approach the inn at Bethlehem, represented by the shadowed entrance on the left (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991). Tanner did not visit Tangier until 1912, which suggests that he probably painted this scene in his Paris studio from postcards or photographs of the Moroccan city.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of James and Shirley Gordon
- ca. 1910
- Object number
- 1983.95.209
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (34.5 x 26.7 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 10B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Cityscape\street
- Cityscape\Morocco\Tangier
- Architecture Exterior\detail\door
- Architecture Exterior\detail\arch
- Record ID
- saam_1983.95.209
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7fe553b57-7cc9-4467-97d5-d287a3c1ad20
