"When He comes He will rule over the whole world"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

"When He comes He will rule over the whole world"

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1913
Dimensions:
44 × 32 in. (111.8 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1383
Research Number: NCW: 1383
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on verso of canvas, the following numbers: 52266 (circled) / 13737 (underlined) / 126 / 3 (circled) / 3 1/2 inch / Book (underlined) / The Lost Boy / illegible / + 7/8 wide - full color; adhered to stretcher, a small oval label: #C1083
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Louis Seaber, and descended in family; (Debra Force Fine Art, Inc., NY, as of 2007);
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, DE, Somerville Manning Gallery, "N. C. Wyeth: Painter and Illustrator," June 14-Sept. 14, 2019;
References Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, The Story of Jesus Christ (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926), color illustration on cover label; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 259; Mike Tressler, "'Lost' N. C. Wyeth painting turns up", News Journal [Wilmington, DE], Aug. 23 2001, section B10, p. A1+; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.490, p. 283
Curatorial Remarks"Harper's were delighted with my interpretation of Christ...", NCW to Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth, dated in another hand Oct. 3, 1913, WFA.
This image was reproduced as Sunday School material; prints measuring 17 x 12 1/4 inches were published by the Pilgrim Press and printed by the Providence Lithograph Company, circa 1948-1950.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the owner