The enemy had re-formed the line and bounded forward as if thrown by a spring. Richard had thrown the helmet over the Saracens' heads. "Look at me!"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The enemy had re-formed the line and bounded forward as if thrown by a spring. Richard had thrown the helmet over the Saracens' heads. "Look at me!"

Alternate Title(s):The Lion Heart

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1931

Dimensions:

34 1/4 × 52 in. (87 × 132.1 cm)

Private collection, Plymouth, MI

Accession number: SUPP2000.1260

Research Number: NCW: 1260

InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)

Provenance(Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, lot no. 183, June 19, 1981, as "The Lion Heart")

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 271; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1181, p. 539

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting

Photo Credit:Spectrum Imaging, 8/2004

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The enemy had re-formed the line and bounded forward as if thrown by a spring. Richard had thrown the helmet over the Saracens' heads. "Look at me!"

N.C. Wyeth

The enemy had re-formed the line and bounded forward as if thrown by a spring. Richard had thrown the helmet over the Saracens' heads. "Look at me!"