WIT, Jacob de
(b. 1695, Amsterdam, d. 1754, Amsterdam)

Allegory of the Arts

1742
Oil on canvas, 48 x 59 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This painting is a study for a ceiling decoration representing the Art of Painting and other Arts protected by various deities. No large-scale work of this design is known.




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