Lot 334: Jacob de Wit Amsterdam 1695 - Amsterdam 1754

Jacob de Wit
Amsterdam 1695 - Amsterdam 1754
Allegory of Music
Oil/canvas, 61 x 121 cm, some rest., relined. - Dutch history a. figure painter. He began his training in the Amsterdam studio of A. van Spiers. In 1708 he went to Antwerp to finish it in the studio of J. van Hal. W. became master of the local guild in 1714. He returned to Amsterdam a. worked as a versatile painter. He was praised most for his grisaille paintings which earned him the title of being the Rubens of his time. - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus., Stedelijk Mus.), s'Gravenhage (Mauritshuis), Dresden, Frankfurt (Städel), Hamburg (Kunsthalle) u.a. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.