Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)

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Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)

An Allegory of Spring: Design for a Ceiling

signed 'JdWit invt./1728' (recto) and inscribed 'Blaffon voor mevrouw dwed dix 1728 in Haere Edl Huys geschildert met de 4 hoek stucken uit graeuw' (verso); pencil, watercolour, countermark IV
239 x 323 mm.

Provenance

A. Schmid

Literature

A. Staring, Jacob de Wit, 1958, Amsterdam, p.147

Lot Essay

A study for the ceiling in the house of Marie Luyken, widow of Arnold Dicx, at Herengracht 168, Amsterdam, which now houses the Theatermuseum. The ceiling with the '4 hoek stucken uit graeuw' was executed in reverse with a different framework and is still in situ

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