Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Legends of Charlemagne, title page illustration
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1923 / 1924
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1748
Research Number: NCW: 1748
InscribedWithin jeweled frame, lower left: W. (from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 200; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.946, p. 451
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unillustrated earlier edition of this book that the artist read and annotated in preparation for the commission (NCWS.95.183).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:image from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library)
Photo Credit:hardcover: Rick Echelmeyer; web: BRM staff