Jacob de Wit

145 works

Many houses on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam still have door or ceiling paintings by Jacob de Wit, who lived on that canal. Read more

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Round grisaille painting of three putti warming themselves at a brazier fire, imitating sculptural relief.

Allegory of Government: Wisdom Defeating Discord

Grey monochrome painting of putti playing with a goat beside a tree, with a child in the foreground.

Mozes verkiest de zeventig oudsten

1736

Grisaille relief-style painting of three putti with wheat, a sickle, corn and fruit, in pale monochrome tones.

Apollo Enthroned in the Clouds, with Minerva and the Nine Muses

Pastoral painting of a shepherd and a reclining woman in gold by a tree, with sheep, a child, and a stone monument.

Jupiter, vermomd als Diana, verleidt de nimf Callisto

1727

Painting of a disguised shepherd approaching a seated woman in blue as an eagle flies above, with putti and sheep nearby.

Jupiter, vermomd als herder, verleidt Mnemosyne, godin van het geheugen

1727

Ceiling design in oval with classical gods ascending through clouds, surrounded by brown grisaille figures in a rococo frame.

Ontwerp voor een plafondstuk met de apotheose van Aeneas, in de hoeken de vier jaargetijden in brunaille

1720

Grisaille painting of an old bearded man in an oval frame, with an angel blowing a trumpet above him amid ornate scrolls.

Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto

1727

Painting of a shepherd leaning toward a seated woman in a woodland scene, with an eagle overhead and cupids and sheep nearby.

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory

1727

Design sketch for a ceiling with gods and figures on clouds in a central oval, surrounded by ornate rococo framing.

Design for a ceiling painting with the Apotheosis of Aeneas, in the corners the Four Seasons

1720

White relief panel of putti in a hunting scene with a spear, shield, dead bird and small landscape behind.

Moses Choosing the seventy Elders

1736

Grisaille painting of three putti with an urn of grapes and oak leaves, an arched decorative panel titled Autumn.

Many houses on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam still have door or ceiling paintings by Jacob de Wit, who lived on that canal. He trained with Albert van Spiers in Amsterdam and Jacob van Hal in Antwerp, where he joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1714. In Antwerp he made watercolour sketches of the Rubens ceilings in the Carolus Borromeuskerk. Lightning struck the church in 1718, and his sketches became a record of ceilings that were lost. His pupil Jan Punt engraved them and published them in 1751. Browse 145 works by Jacob de Wit from 17 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

Jacob de Wit

The winter

Allegory of Government: Wisdom Defeating Discord

Children Playing with a Goat

Annunciation to the Virgin

The Comedy

Mozes verkiest de zeventig oudsten

De zomer

De herfst

De winter

Apollo Enthroned in the Clouds, with Minerva and the Nine Muses

Paris en Oenone

De verkondiging aan Maria

Putti met spiegels

The Pastoral Song

The Epic Poem

De herfst

Jupiter, vermomd als Diana, verleidt de nimf Callisto

Jupiter, vermomd als herder, verleidt Mnemosyne, godin van het geheugen

Ontwerp voor een plafondstuk met de apotheose van Aeneas, in de hoeken de vier jaargetijden in brunaille

Hieronymus, kerkvader

Bildnis des Isaac Newton

Autumn

Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory

Design for a ceiling painting with the Apotheosis of Aeneas, in the corners the Four Seasons

Kindertjes met jachtgerei

Moses Choosing the seventy Elders

Autumn

Putti with Mirrors

Paris and Oenone

Allegorische figuur: Vuur

Allegorische figuur: Aarde

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