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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis with Still Life
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About this work
Atherton Curtis was a wealthy American living in France who made his fortune in medicine patents. The couple, who supported many artists, met Henry Ossawa Tanner in 1897 and became ardent supporters of his art. Tanner later used the composition of this portrait in a painting of Christ sitting down to dinner with Lazarus and his sister.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis with Still Life. n.d.. Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins. CC0.