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![]() | Study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop ca. 1923 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Study for Flight to Egypt ca. 1899-1923 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion 1933 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Study for Rachel from The Mothers of the Bible ca. 1898 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Study for the Annunciation ca. 1898 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Study for the Bagpipe Lesson 1892 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Study for the Disciple Peter ca. 1933 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Study for the Young Sabot Maker ca. 1895 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco) ca. 1930 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Savior ca. 1900-1905 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous |
- Henry Ossawa Tanner













