While visiting Jerusalem, Henry Ossawa Tanner painted portraits of the local people and used them for figures in his religious paintings. Tanner worked with an almost dry paintbrush to create the rough texture in this painting, a technique he used in other works.
- Title
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Head of a Woman in Jerusalem
- Artist
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- Dimensions
- 17 7⁄8 x 13 5⁄8 in. (45.4 x 34.6 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Landscape – Israel – Jerusalem
- Portrait female – unidentified – bust
- Object Number
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1983.95.194
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
