Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)

Draped Figures seen from behind

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Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)
Draped Figures seen from behind
with inscription 'R. 1653' (1) and 'LB 1653' (2)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white (partly oxydised), each on two attached pieces of paper
111 x 73 mm. and 114 x 71 mm. (2)

Lot Essay

These two drawings are related to two figures in the foreground of de Wit's large painting of Moses striking the Rock, A. Staring, Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam, 1958, fig. 116. The figures, silhouetted and inserted in another context, were probably cut by de Wit from a larger sheet.

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