Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)

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Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)

An Allegory of the Ripening of Wine

signed 'JdWit F.inv.'(recto) and inscribed 'Plaffond dwel Edl. Heer Cornelis van Schuijlenburgh InSchravenhaage anno 1718' (verso); pencil, grey and pink wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark VRYHEYT
183 x 147 mm.

Provenance

Jhr. A.L. van Schuylenburg van Bommenede
with Nijstad, Lochem, 1966

Literature

M.P. Ozinga, Twee brieven van Jacob de Wit, Oud Holland, 1934, LI, pp. 145-50, pl. 2
M.D. Ozinga, Het huis der familie Van Schuylenburch te 's Gravenhage, Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, 1934, XLIV, pp. 289-303
A. Staring, Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam, 1958, pp. 80/1, pl. 50
R. van Zoest, X. van Eck, Huis Schuylenburch, The Hague, 1988, pp.60-2, pl. 66

Exhibited

Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 160
Rheydt, 1971, no. 87
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 140
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 163
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 119

Lot Essay

Daniel Marot designed a house for Cornelis van Schuylenburgh on the Lange Vijverberg 8 in The Hague, now the German embassy. Several artists were asked to make decorations for the walls and ceilings, including Philip van Dijk, Matheus Terwesten and Jacob de Wit. Two letters from the artist to Van Schuylenburgh regarding this project dated 28 April 1719 and 25 January 1720 are preserved. The present lot is a preliminary study for the ceiling of the 'groote kamer' in the house, executed as an oval which is still in situ. The picture differs from the present drawing in minor aspects and was the first ceiling compartment by De Wit in a house in The Hague. Along with decorations for a chimney and three overdoors he asked only 100 ducats for it, 'omdat ik daardoor ocassie hoop te ontmoeten van meerder profijt'

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