Design for a Panel with Four Putti Decorating a Herm (Terminal Figure) with Garlands of Fruit and Foliage

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971

Catalogue

Year: 1715
Medium: Red chalk. Inlaid into heavy paper mount with brown and gold framing lines
Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (40.9 x 17.2 cm) (silhouetted into arch at top)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Jacob de Wit

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Jacob de Wit was a Dutch painter and interior decorator. He is best known for his depictions of religious scenes.

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Artist: Jacob de Wit
Year: 1715
Medium: Red chalk. Inlaid into heavy paper mount with brown and gold framing lines
Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (40.9 x 17.2 cm) (silhouetted into arch at top)
Watts ID: WW-1715-161530

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