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Finally, the great scene of boyhood, the scene which will endear its hero to every generation of boys forever, the original of all the Jack the Giant Killer stories--David and Goliath

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Finally, the great scene of boyhood, the scene which will endear its hero to every generation of boys forever, the original of all the Jack the Giant Killer stories--David and Goliath

Alternate Title(s):David and Goliath; The Boy Who Became King
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1929
Dimensions:
43 1/8 × 32 1/4 in. (109.5 × 81.9 cm)
Private collection, Wilmington, DE
Accession number: SUPP2000.688
Research Number: NCW: 688
InscribedLower right: © N. C. WYETH; on reverse: DAVID AND GOLIATH (underlined) / RETURN TO N. C. WYETH / CHADDS / FORD--PA / PRICE 800.00 / 43 (circled in red)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1956; Private collection, Wilmington, DE
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, Philadelphia Art Alliance, ca. 1929; Wilmington, DE, 1930(1), no. 36
References Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 23; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown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.1108, p. 518
Curatorial RemarksThe Andrew and Betsy Wyeth collection includes a study that may be related to the figure of David (NCW 2168).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 6/2/2006