Lot 100: Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695-1754)

Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695-1754)
Putti preparing for the hunt; and Putti blowing bubbles in a landscape
the second signed and dated 'JdWit/1748' (lower left)
oil on panel
38 x 27 cm.
with a red wax seal on the reverse
a pair (2)

G.F. Waagen, Die Gemäldesammlung in der kaiserlichen Ermitage zu St. Petersburg, etc, Munich, 1864, p. 257.
A. Somof, Ermitage Imperial. Catalogue de la Galerie des Tableaux. Second volume ecoles neerlandaises et ecole flamande, St. Petersburg, 1895, no. 1231 and 1232.
A. Staring, Jacob de Wit 1695-1754, Amsterdam, 1958, p. 155.

(possibly) K.-H. von Heinecken, Dresden (according to a photostat in the RKD, The Hague).
(possibly) Count Heinrich von Brühl, Dresden and Warsaw.
St. Petersburg, Hermitage, 1864 (nos. 1231 and 1232).
Anonymous sale; Salle Sainte-Gudule, Brussels, 11 April 1908, lots 122 and 125.
Anonymous sale; Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 20 August 1931, lot 267.