Henry Ossawa Tanner, Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf), ca. 1910, oil on paperboard, 10 5⁄8 x 13 3⁄4 in. (27.0 x 34.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins, 1983.95.196A
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf)
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Dimensions
- 10 5⁄8 x 13 3⁄4 in. (27.0 x 34.9 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on paperboard
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Cityscape — street
- Figure male — full length
- Animal — cattle
- Cityscape — Morocco — Tangier
- Architecture Exterior
- Object Number
- 1983.95.196A
Artwork Description
Henry Ossawa Tanner probably painted this scene in his Paris studio from postcards or photographs of Tangier, which he visited two years later. By 1910, Tanner had established himself as a religious painter and used his trips to North Africa and the Middle East for inspiration. This street scene refers to the passage in the Bible in which a man is told to go into the village and retrieve a donkey that will carry Christ into Jerusalem.
