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JACOB DE WIT* (1695-1754)
An Allegory of the Continent of Africa; A Lion, a Putto holding a Tusk, another wearing a Buffalo horn headdress and a third carrying a Bow and Quiver full of Arrows, within a trompe l'oeil stone niche, en grisaille
signed 'J.D.Wit'--[JDW linked]--oil on panel, shaped top
27 x 30½in. (68.5 x 77.5cm.)
An Allegory of the Continent of Africa; A Lion, a Putto holding a Tusk, another wearing a Buffalo horn headdress and a third carrying a Bow and Quiver full of Arrows, within a trompe l'oeil stone niche, en grisaille
signed 'J.D.Wit'--[JDW linked]--oil on panel, shaped top
27 x 30½in. (68.5 x 77.5cm.)
Provenance
with Leonard Koetser Gallery, London, (Spring Exhibition 1965,
no. 22); from whom purchased by Mr. Carel Goldschmidt, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and by descent
no. 22); from whom purchased by Mr. Carel Goldschmidt, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and by descent