Henry Ossawa Tanner · 1898
The Annunciation
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Mary sits on the edge of a rumpled bed in a Middle Eastern room, gazing at the archangel Gabriel, who appears only as a column of golden light at the left. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Up to 19.9 × 16 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of The Annunciation
Painted for the 1898 Paris Salon, it is the largest canvas of Tanner's career. He represents Gabriel as a column of light and paints Mary in peasant clothing without a halo; the Wikipedia article describes the room's textiles, ceramics and stone floor as elements that return in his later biblical scenes.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the French government elected Tanner chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
All Henry Ossawa Tanner prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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