Christ Appearing to Mary
ca. 1885
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 36.1 × 43.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-131679
Albert Pinkham Ryder traveled to Europe in 1877 and 1882 to study the art of the European masters. He was inspired to paint many religious subjects, including this image of Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene. Ryder asked one of his friends to model for the figure of Jesus, but his friend felt that because he was “stout and muscular . . . the figure would look rather healthy for a man that had bee…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Registry history
- ca. 1885 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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