Dean Cornwell

Estate of the artist

Private Collection (by descent from the above) 

Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Lloyd C. Douglas, The Big Fisherman, Boston, 1952, illustrated, pp. 8 & 9 

Patricia Janis Broder, Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators, New York, 1978, pp. 121 & 123

Louisville, The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Paintings & Drawings by Dean Cornwell Mural Painter, Illustrator & National Academician from Kentucky, 1953, no. 29, n.p.

The present work was illustrated in Lloyd C. Douglas’ novel The Big Fisherman and depicts the funeral scene after the death of  King Herod. Military guards and citizens can be seen by King Herod’s body, forming a protective circle,  paying their respects before his burial.

This work is also being sold with an original copy of the book.