Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf), ca. 1910, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins, 1983.95.196A
Copied 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
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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.