Mary rode on Thistles . . . and Joseph waded the stream below.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Mary rode on Thistles . . . and Joseph waded the stream below.

Alternate Title(s):Even unto Bethlehem
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
52 1/8 × 32 in. (132.4 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.234
Research Number: NCW: 234
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1975; [Frank E. Fowler]; S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., 1975-?; (Frank Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN)
Exhibition HistoryPortland, ME, 2000, fig. 14 p. 25
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 221; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1072, p. 505
Curatorial RemarksVan Dyke's story, first published in the December 1927 issue of the Delineator (vol. 111, no. 6, ps. 6-9) as "Let Us Go Even Unto Bethlehem," was illustrated by Cyrus L. Baldridge.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:(digitally adjusted) photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Luna Imaging, Inc.