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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.
Nicodemus Visiting Christ, 1899 painting. Nicodemus (left) talking to Jesus, by Henry Ossawa Tanner Christus und Nicodemus, by Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911) Nicodemus is mentioned in three places in the Gospel of John: He first visits Jesus one night, in secret, to discuss Jesus's teachings. [a]
Nicodemus being a man of high character, among his fellow citizens, and afraid of the censures of the world, came during the night, for instructions to Christ. He came in this private manner, "for fear of the Jews", for his mind probably revolted at the idea of appearing among the unlettered and poor disciples of the Man-God.
The Harrowing of Hell was taught by theologians of the early church: St Melito of Sardis (died c. 180) in his Homily on the Passover and more explicitly in his Homily for Holy Saturday, Tertullian (A Treatise on the Soul, 55, though he himself disagrees with the idea), Hippolytus (Treatise on Christ and Anti-Christ), Origen (Against Celsus, 2: ...
Uploaded a work by Henry Ossawa Tanner from adjusted Wikimedia Commons Image: File:Nicodemus Visiting Jesus, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg The original painting is held by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The photo of the painting worked with here comes from an exhibition, Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition Night Vision: Nocturnes in ...
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
Christ at the home of Mary and Martha, by Henry Ossawa Tanner. Christ at the home of Mary and Martha is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner of the New Testament episode known as Christ in the House of Martha and Mary. It was completed about 1905 and permanently in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1]