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WIT, Jacob de
Dutch Rococo Era Painter, 1695-1754
Dutch painter, draughtsman, etcher and writer. He was the leading 18th-century Dutch decorative painter, specializing in Rococo ceiling and room decorations and groups of putti painted naturalistically in colour or as imitation reliefs in grisaille. His preparatory drawings for ceiling decorations were collected during his own lifetime, but he also executed independent finished drawings specifically for collectors
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Painting ID:: 7263
Adoration of the Shepherds (detail)
1726
Oil on canvas, 138 x 103 cm (whole painting)
Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 7264
Baptism of Christ in the Jordan
1716
Chalk and pen drawing, 260 x 180 mm
Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 7265
Holy Family and Trinity
1726
Oil on canvas, 140 x 105 cm
Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam
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WIT, Jacob de
Dutch Rococo Era Painter, 1695-1754
Dutch painter, draughtsman, etcher and writer. He was the leading 18th-century Dutch decorative painter, specializing in Rococo ceiling and room decorations and groups of putti painted naturalistically in colour or as imitation reliefs in grisaille. His preparatory drawings for ceiling decorations were collected during his own lifetime, but he also executed independent finished drawings specifically for collectors
. Related Artists to WIT, Jacob de: | MASSYS, Cornelis | Kasparus Karsen | Joseph Albrier | John Frederick Kensett | Patrick Henry Bruce |
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