Lot 162: Jacob de Wit , Amsterdam 1695 - 1754 a pair of studies of two seraphs amongst the clouds Both coloured chalks; both signed in black chalk: JdWit ; one also dated: 1733

Both coloured chalks; both signed in black chalk: JdWit ; one also dated: 1733 Quantity: 2

measurements note 380 by 430 mm; 385 by 435 mm

A number of large-scale head studies like this by De Wit are known, but these are particularly splendid examples, and are also in excellent condition. Although such angels appear throughout the artist's characteristic ceiling paintings, these studies seem to have been made as independent works of art, rather than in preparation for a painted composition. A very comparable drawing, dated 1738, was sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 14 November 2006, lot 158.