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Henry Ossawa Tanner, Study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Henry Ossawa Tanner

Study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop

ca. 1923

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on wood panel
Dimensions
24 × 33 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-130351

This study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop made Henry Ossawa Tanner's reputation. The story of Nicodemus visiting Christ at night spoke to African American worship habits that Tanner remembered from his youth: After emancipation, freed slaves continued to meet at night, as they had done when their masters had forbidden them to read the Bible (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991).

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins

Registry history

  • ca. 1923 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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