Nicodemus Visiting Christ
1899 painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicodemus Visiting Christ is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, made in Jerusalem in 1899 during the artist's second visit to what was then Palestine.[1] The painting is biblical, featuring Nicodemus talking privately to Christ in the evening, and is an example of Tanner's nocturnal light paintings, in which the world is shown in night light.[2]
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Artist | Henry Ossawa Tanner |
Year | 1899 (1899) |
Subject | Christ's discourse with Nicodemus |
Dimensions | (33 11/16 in × 39 1/2 in) |
Location | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia |
Accession | 1900.1 |
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It was Tanner's entry to the 1899 Paris Salon.[3] The painting was purchased by the Wilstadt Collection in Philadelphia and is now in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), Tanner's Alma Mater in the United States.[4][1][5] It won the Lippincott Prize for the best figurative work at PAFA's annual exhibition in 1899.[1]