Flight into Egypt, ca. 1916. Creator: Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Flight into Egypt, ca. 1916. Creator: Henry Ossawa Tanner.

2-835-355 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Virgin Mary, carrying the infant Jesus, rides a donkey led by her husband Joseph through a desert landscape lit by a full moon. Oil painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. He studied with Jean Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant at the Académie Julian in Paris.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Artist, painter

Medium
  1. Oil on wood panel

Picture Type
  1. Paintings

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5637x4185
File Size : 69,114kb


Aliases

  1. 2015.2.3
  1. NMAAHC-2015_2_3_003
  1. 0990005415
  1. 2-835-355
  1. 2015.2.3
  1. 2835355

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