Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Renegade Monk
"By the black rood of Waltham!" he roared, "if any knave among you lays a finger-end upon the edge of my gown, I will crush his skull like a filbert!"
Alternate Title(s):The Mad Monk
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.387
Research Number: NCW: 387
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Carter
Exhibition HistoryRockland, ME, 1966, no. 63 as "The Mad Monk"
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 204; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.915, p. 440, 441
Curatorial Remarks"The reading of the Chronicles of Froissart (all of them) was a very bright spot in the preparation of The White Company" (NCW to Sidney M. Chase, Aug. 3, 1922, letter, Wyeth Family Archives, and see two copies of The Chronicles of Froissart, illustrated by Alfred Knapp, NCWS.95. 3424 and .4319, Brandywine River Museum). All images for The White Company were copyrighted by the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation.
John M. Carter's name appears in N. C. Wyeth's address book (NCWS.95.1174, Brandywine River Museum library); he was the son of a Chadds Ford doctor and a friend of the artist.
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures. This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606.
John M. Carter's name appears in N. C. Wyeth's address book (NCWS.95.1174, Brandywine River Museum library); he was the son of a Chadds Ford doctor and a friend of the artist.
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures. This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Paul Mutino, 9/2006