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Jesus lived the life of a Galilean boy. He went to the village school, which was kept in the local synagogue by a local rabbi. He learned the clumsy letters of the Hebrew alphabet according to current methods of instruction

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Jesus lived the life of a Galilean boy. He went to the village school, which was kept in the local synagogue by a local rabbi. He learned the clumsy letters of the Hebrew alphabet according to current methods of instruction

Alternate Title(s):The School Days of the Boy Jesus; Royal Child of Bethlehem, The
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1929
Dimensions:
43 1/4 × 32 1/4 in. (109.9 × 81.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.643
Research Number: NCW: 643
InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); lower left: TO SYLVIA / FROM CONVERS & FAMILY; on reverse of frame in ink: THE SCHOOL DAYS OF THE BOY JESUS; in pencil on frame: P2379 9/12
ProvenanceThe artist; wedding gift to Sylvia Holzer Carr, 1932; descended in family to son Paul Henry Carr, Ph. D., to 2005
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 259; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1116, p. 520
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:University of New Hampshire Photo Services, 9/2006