Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
While the soldiers pressed for a closer view, and a thrill of expectancy ran through them all, Jehoiada led Joash out from behind the pillar. A trembling little fellow, a wondering, wide-eyed lad, but a son of the line of David, every inch a king!
Alternate Title(s):The Prince Who Was Hidden
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1929
Dimensions:
43 × 32 in. (109.2 × 81.3 cm)
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Bequest of Marylouise Cowan, 2010
Accession number: SUPP2000.1666
Research Number: NCW: 1666
InscribedUpper right: W (with a dot under each point)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to 1985; (Helen T. Valloti); Marylouise Cowan, Southport, ME, to 2009;
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1930(1), no. 33, as "The Little Prince Who Was Hidden"; Tulsa, OK, Philbrook Museum of Art, "The Wyeths" Jan. 20, 2015 - Feb. 28, 2016;
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 21; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 259; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1111, p. 519;
Curatorial RemarksIn 1942, the artist granted to the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention "second rights for unrestricted use" for this image, for which he was paid $50.00 (Herman F. Burns, Broadman Press of the Sunday School Board, to NCW Oct. 5, 1942, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Marylouise Cowan