The Resurrection of Lazarus is a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner entered into the Paris Salon in 1897 and winning a third place medal.

[2] Since his death in 1937, secular tastes have pushed The Banjo Lesson to the top place in public esteem.

[2] It was finally exhibited in the U.S. in 2012 as part of the show Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit, organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

[2] The scene is an adaption of the biblical text; in that work, the people did not enter the tomb but Christ told Lazarus, "Come forth.

[5] Beyond that, Tanner's work now held "authoritative cache and the zeal of official approbation," and it was considered that anything he chose to paint would have an instant market.