Lot Essay
De Wit was commissioned to paint several religious pictures. In 1772 he was asked to paint a Descent of the Holy Spirit for the Roermond Cathedral. The heads in this may be compared to those in present lot
Details
Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)
Studies of the Heads of Christ and the Apostles
with inscription 'G. de Lairesse'; red chalk, pink wash, grey ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark with letters VDL,
140 x 249 mm.
Studies of the Heads of Christ and the Apostles
with inscription 'G. de Lairesse'; red chalk, pink wash, grey ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark with letters VDL,
140 x 249 mm.
Provenance
Dr. J. den Hartogh, Zeist, 1967
Exhibited
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 141