Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005019Design for a Ceiling: Apotheosis of Callisto or Diana (recto), and Sketch of Figures (verso)
by Jacob de Wit
Inscriptions
Signed recto, lower left, below lozenge, in pen and brown ink: "JdeWit invt /F"; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: “gris opseule gris avec siltets et ... / tus raisins g d marge"; lower margin, in pen and brown ink: “Blaffon / voor mevrouw de wede van Lennep op Haar sael geschildert/ 1731”
Provenance
Sold by Nathan Chaikin, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1967.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jacob de Wit / Dutch, 1695-1754
- Date
- 1731
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over red chalk, partially squared in graphite and red chalk (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 × 31.9 cm (8 × 12 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- drawings (visual works)
- Place
- Holland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Everett D. Graff Fund
- Accession no.
- 1967.31
More by Jacob de Wit in museum collections
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