Lot 121: Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695-1754)

An allegory of Autumn with putti: Design for a decoration
signed 'JdWit f.' (recto) and inscribed 'voor d e Heer abram van Mu... 1732' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown, red and grey wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (118 x 77 mm.)

An unidentified collector's number 'N. 530.-'.
Purchased from Richeton, 23 May 1919 (£2).

No commissions of this composition were undertaken by Jacob de Wit either in the year 1732, or for a Mr. Abram van Mu(...). However, the composition can be compared to that of a picture in grisaille by de Wit, executed in 1752, in the Grauwtjes Museum, Kassel (A. Staring, Jacob de Wit 1695-1754, Amsterdam, 1958, p. 188, no. 39).

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