Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Death of Orlando Orlando fixed his eyes on the hilt of his sword as on a crucifix, and appeared like a creature seraphical and transfigured, and bowing his head, he breathed out his pure soul
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1924
Dimensions:
33 1/2 × 24 in. (85.1 × 61 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.914
Research Number: NCW: 914
InscribedLower left.: N.C. WYETH (underlined); lower right: TO FRANCES ELLIS / N.C.W.
ProvenanceThe artist; Robert K. and Frances Ellis Price, Easton, MD, 1928 - ca. 1992; (?); Collection of John Edward Dell; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 1995)
Exhibition HistoryLubbock, TX, 1999; Newport News, VA, 2000
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 200; John Edward Dell, ed., Visions of Adventure, N. C. Wyeth and the Brandywine Artists (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000), detail in color p. 25 and illustration in color p. 30; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.986, p. 474; Diego Cordoba, "N. C. Wyeth," in Illustrators Magazine (London: The Book Place), Autumn 2018, issue 23, illus. p. 19
Curatorial RemarksFrances Ellis was the daughter of William Shewell Ellis, who photographed many of N. C. Wyeth's paintings and took a number of portrait photographs of the artist. The Brandywine River Museum holds an unillustrated earlier edition of The Legends of Charlemagne that the artist read and annotated in preparation for the commission (NCWS.95.183).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from painting
Photo Credit:Gregg L. Vicik, 8/2000