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He Healed the Sick, Henry Ossawa Tanner, ca. 1930
Henry Ossawa Tanner, portraitHenry Ossawa TannerAmerican, 1859–1937

He Healed the Sick

ca. 1930 · Painting · 41.3 × 54.5 cm

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Yes, on view now

Where is “He Healed the Sick” now? Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 11B, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 11B

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About the painting

This painting is probably a study for another work by Henry Ossawa Tanner titled Disciples Healing the Sick, which is more finished and detailed. There are numerous instances in the Bible in which Christ performs miraculous healings, but none of the stories describes this particular scene. Tanner created this painting after he had recovered from a serious illness, which suggests that the subject had personal meaning for him (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991).

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Details

Accession number
1983.95.199

What it shows

Figure groupReligionState of beingDiseases

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingModernism20th century

Sources

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Flight Into Egypt, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1923

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The Seine, Henry Ossawa Tanner, c. 1902

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c. 1902 · National Gallery of Art

The Two Disciples at the Tomb, Henry Ossawa Tanner, c. 1906

The Two Disciples at the Tomb

c. 1906 · Art Institute of Chicago

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n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

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n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

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n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

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n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

In the same room · Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 11B, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum page
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