Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
At a touch from Michael's knife . . . the sword flew in splinters, and the wretch, stabbed to the heart, fell lifeless on the ground.
Alternate Title(s):The Fight with Ivan Ogareff; The Sword Flew In Splinters
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (102.2 × 76.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.73
Research Number: NCW: 73
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Mr.and Mrs. George A. Weymouth
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1946, no. 45 as "The Fight with Ivan Ogareff"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 113, as "The Sword Flew in Splinters"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 5; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1052, p. 497; Joe Lawlor, "The Mystery of the Stolen Wyeths," Portland Press Herald, July 15, 2015, p.4;
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum file photography