Brandywine Museum of Art/Works/Genghis Khan's eyes were fixed upon the dark scarred face of the young man in front of him. Little could be hidden from those eyes, and suddenly the young man knew that he stood revealed. The inscrutable eyes gave no sign, but at last Genghis Khan beckoned to the girl, and she came and stood beside him./

Genghis Khan's eyes were fixed upon the dark scarred face of the young man in front of him. Little could be hidden from those eyes, and suddenly the young man knew that he stood revealed. The inscrutable eyes gave no sign, but at last Genghis Khan beckoned to the girl, and she came and stood beside him.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Genghis Khan's eyes were fixed upon the dark scarred face of the young man in front of him. Little could be hidden from those eyes, and suddenly the young man knew that he stood revealed. The inscrutable eyes gave no sign, but at last Genghis Khan beckoned to the girl, and she came and stood beside him.

Date: 1932
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1669
Research Number: NCW: 1669
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
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.1186, p. 541
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/2005