Keywords: Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures by Henry Ossawa Tanner.jpg Artwork Creator Henry Ossawa Tanner en Henry Ossawa Tanner used his Swedish-born wife Jessie and their son Jesse as models for the Virgin and Christ giving the work a double resonance as both a meditative biblical scene and a tender family portrait see source ~ 1909 oil on canvas cm 123 82 101 6 <br /> with frame cm 137 795 114 935 6 985 Institution Dallas Museum of Art american art galleries early 20th century 4th floor place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line Dallas Museum of Art Deaccession Funds accession number 1986 9 place of creation https //www dma org/collection/artwork/henry-ossawa-tanner/christ-and-his-mother-studying-scriptures Dallas Museum of Art Q18674614 PD-old-auto-1923 1937 DEFAULTSORT Tanner Henry Ossawa; Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures 1909; DMA Henry Ossawa Tanner Paintings in the Dallas Museum of Art Paintings of Jesus Christ Paintings of Virgin Mary Paintings of Madonna and Child Learning in art Papyrus rolls in art Parchments in art Reading in paintings Reading the same together Religious texts Religious oil paintings Religious paintings in the United States 1909 paintings in the United States 20th-century religious paintings |