Lot 158: JACOB DE WIT AMSTERDAM 1695 - 1754

LOTS 158-9: THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLE FAMILY

HEAD OF AN ANGEL

measurements note
328 by 385mm

signed and dated, lower right: JdWit / 1738

black and red chalk and grey and blue wash, within double black ink framing lines

PROVENANCE

Baron Hendrick van Slingelandt (1702-1759);
thence by descent to the present owners

NOTE

Although large-scale studies of heads by de Wit are not particularly rare, this is an exceptional example, distinguished by its near-perfect state of preservation. The superb condition of this drawing is very likely the result of its having remained in the posession of one family ever since the time of its execution.