Property from the Collection of the late Dr. J.W. Niemeijer
Jacob de Wit
An Allegorical figure, possibly Bacchus or Autumn, standing in a niche
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July 6, 03:54 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of the late Dr. J.W. Niemeijer
Jacob de Wit
Amsterdam 1695 - 1754
An Allegorical figure, possibly Bacchus or Autumn, standing in a niche
Pen and brown ink and wash, over traces of black chalk, within pen and ink framing lines;
signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: JdWit
153 by 81 mm
possibly sale of his collection, Frankfurt am Main, Prestel, 5 October 1917, in lot 657 ('2 Blatt: Bacchus - Kalliope. Ganze Figuren in Nischen (skizzen für das Amsterdamer Stadthaus?');
Bernhard Funck;
Deiker Collection;
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 3 April 1978, lot 160;
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 5 November 2002, lot 160,
where purchased by Dr. J.W. Niemeijer (1927-2021), Broek in Waterland (see also note to lot 124).
A Robert-Jan te Rijdt has kindly pointed out, this figure was probably made as the design for one of a series of perhaps four similar figures representing the seasons, to be painted in illusionistic grisaille in the hallway of a grand Amsterdam townhouse. Two other drawings by De Wit for very similarly conceived figures, representing Fame and Painting, are in Brussels; according to inscriptions on their versos, the Brussels drawings were made as designs for figures painted in De Wit's own house, in 1742.1
1. Cabinet des plus merveilleux dessins, dessins Néerlandais du XVIIIe siècle issus des collections des Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, exh. cat., Brussels/Enschede/Paris, 2019-1021, nos. 21-22
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