Lot Essay
Cornelis Munter (1716-1750), lived on the Herengracht 468, Amsterdam, for which these drawings were possibly done as designs for overdoors
Details
Jacob de Wit (1695-1754)
Designs for four Roundels
signed 'JdWit/invt' (recto) and inscribed and dated 'voordwelEdl geStrenghe Heer Cornelis munter/int graeuw 1746.' (verso) and with inscriptions 'Hiacintus/venus (crossed out) & adonis in een/blom .... Zephyr flora' (recto); pencil, pen and grey ink, brown wash heightened with white (partly oxidized), on light brown paper
352 x 255 mm.
Designs for four Roundels
signed 'JdWit/invt' (recto) and inscribed and dated 'voordwelEdl geStrenghe Heer Cornelis munter/int graeuw 1746.' (verso) and with inscriptions 'Hiacintus/venus (crossed out) & adonis in een/blom .... Zephyr flora' (recto); pencil, pen and grey ink, brown wash heightened with white (partly oxidized), on light brown paper
352 x 255 mm.
Provenance
V. van Gogh; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 2-3 December 1913, lot 928
Anon. sale, R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 11-13 March 1919, lot 147
Anon. sale, 24-5 January 1922, lot 618
Anon. sale, R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 11-13 March 1919, lot 147
Anon. sale, 24-5 January 1922, lot 618
Literature
A. Staring, Jacob de Wit 1695-1754, Amsterdam, 1958, p. 153