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    Study for Apotheosis of Hercules
    Jacob de Wit. Study for Apotheosis of Hercules, c. 1746. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00002199

    Study for Apotheosis of Hercules

    by Jacob de Wit

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Provenance

    De B. [unidentified stamp]. Adalbert Freiherr van Lanna (died 1909), Prague [Lugt 2773]. Carel Emil Duits, London [Lugt Suppl. 533a]. Sold by the Paul Drey Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1960.

    Exhibition history

    Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effect," April 25-June 4, 1959, cat. 269, as by Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

    Open-access museum data

    This record comes from the open-access collection data that the Art Institute of Chicago publishes for unrestricted use (Creative Commons Zero). Art Trackers shows a selection of the museum's published fields. The Art Institute of Chicago is not an Art Trackers client and has not reviewed or endorsed this page; the museum's own website is the authoritative record.

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Jacob de Wit / Dutch, 1695-1754
    Date
    c. 1746
    Medium
    Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on buff laid paper
    Dimensions
    23 × 16.5 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    ink or chalk wash
    Place
    Holland
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Waltraut Mies van der Rohe Memorial Fund
    Accession no.
    1960.26

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