Design for a Ceiling: Apotheosis of Callisto or Diana (recto), and Sketch of Figures (verso)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob de Wit

Title

Design for a Ceiling: Apotheosis of Callisto or Diana (recto), and Sketch of Figures (verso)

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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1731

Medium

Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over red chalk, partially squared in graphite and red chalk (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower left, below lozenge, in pen and brown ink: "JdeWit invt /F"; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: “gris opseule gris avec siltets et ... / tus raisins g d marge"; lower margin, in pen and brown ink: “Blaffon / voor mevrouw de wede van Lennep op Haar sael geschildert/ 1731”

Dimensions

20.3 × 31.9 cm (8 × 12 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Everett D. Graff Fund

Reference Number

1967.31

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