An allegory of Autumn with putti: Design for a decoration

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Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695-1754)
An allegory of Autumn with putti: Design for a decoration
signed 'JdWit f.' (recto) and inscribed 'voor de Heer abram van Mu... 1732' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown, red and grey wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (118 x 77 mm.)

Provenance

An unidentified collector's number 'N. 530.-'.
Purchased from Richeton, 23 May 1919 (£2).

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Lot Essay

No commissions of this composition were undertaken by Jacob de Wit either in the year 1732, or for a Mr. Abram van Mu(...). However, the composition can be compared to that of a picture in grisaille by de Wit, executed in 1752, in the Grauwtjes Museum, Kassel (A. Staring, Jacob de Wit 1695-1754, Amsterdam, 1958, p. 188, no. 39).

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