Flight into Egypt
Object Details
- Created by
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, American, 1859 - 1937
- Owned by
- Barnett-Aden Gallery, American, 1943 - 1969
- Description
- This oil painting depicts an impressionist landscape with two dark human figures and two donkeys walking from the left to right frame. One swathed, indistinct figure rides on the back of a donkey, carrying a white bundle on its lap. The second human figure walks between the two donkeys, which are walking parallel to each other, the farther donkey slightly ahead. The four figures are set on a bare road, that can be seen to wind its way into the distance. In the background are low rolling hills, and a small squat tree in the left hand corner. There is a full moon overhead, set in a sky of mottled blue green.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert L. Johnson
- ca. 1916
- Object number
- 2015.2.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- paintings
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 5/8 × 22 in. (42.2 × 55.9 cm)
- Place made
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Art
- Christianity
- Families
- Motherhood
- Religion
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.2.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e9ce4ae6-55e0-46b6-9add-60ed7999bd53
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