Lot 94: Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695-1754)

Paris and Oenone
signed and dated 'J DWit 1752' (DW linked, lower right)
oil on canvas
133.7 x 99.2 cm.

Anonymous sale; Glerum, The Hague, 31 January 1994, lot 47 (cover lot).

Jacob de Wit depicted the subject of Paris and Oenone, a scene from the youth of Paris on Mount Ida (Ovid), several times during his career. For example, the signed and dated '1737' painting in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the picture that was with Christie's, London, 18 December 1953, lot 150 (see A. Staring, Jacob de Wit, 1958, p. 144).

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including € 150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in exces of € 150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.