Study for the widow's son, for "Widow of Nain" World War II portable altarpiece, for Norfolk Naval Hospital (US Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA); Halloran Hospital, Staten Island, NY; Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, TN
Date
1943Medium
Charcoal on blue paper, mounted on gray paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
14 1/2 x 187/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
[lower right in graphite]: Violet Oakley / 1943
The "Widow of Nain" is also known as "The Compassionate Christ: Symbol of Reunion," "Reunion of Mother and Son," and "And He that Was Dead Sat Up."
The "Widow of Nain" is also known as "The Compassionate Christ: Symbol of Reunion," "Reunion of Mother and Son," and "And He that Was Dead Sat Up."
