Study for the Annunciation
ca. 1898
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 21.5 × 27.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-132040
In this painting the vertical line of white paint on the left represents the divine presence of the angel who will tell Mary that she bears the Son of God. The finished painting made from this study was well received in Paris and was Henry Ossawa Tanner’s first work to be acquired by an American museum.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
Registry history
- ca. 1898 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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