Lot Essay
The present drawing is probably datable to circa 1737, the date written by the artist on lot 600.
Design for a ceiling: Allegory of Dawn
Details
Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695-1754)
Design for a ceiling: Allegory of Dawn
signed 'JDWit/. invnt', and with inscription 'No. 112. Jacob de Wit.' (on the reverse of the mount)
red chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
8 7/8 x 13 in. (22.5 x 33 cm.)
Design for a ceiling: Allegory of Dawn
signed 'JDWit/. invnt', and with inscription 'N
red chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
8 7/8 x 13 in. (22.5 x 33 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Montmorillon'schen Kunst & Antiquitäten-Handlung, Munich, 24 September 1860, part of lot 531 ('J. de Wit... 2 Blatt. Entwürfe zu Deckengemälden. Mythologische Compositionen. Qu. Fol. Braun getuscht').
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