Portrait of Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), Dutch Painter

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Portrait of Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), Dutch Painter

c. 1751

Jacob Houbraken (Dutch, 1698–1780) Copied in reverse after a portrait painting of 1751 by Jan Maurits Quinkhard (Dutch, 1688–1772) Copied in reverse after a background design of 1751 by Jacob de Wit (Dutch (active Amsterdam and Antwerp), 1695–1754)

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Object Details

Titles:

Portrait of Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), Dutch Painter
Plate from Jacob Van Gool, De Nieuwe schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschikders, vol. 2 (The Hague, 1751)

Date:

c. 1751

Artists:

Medium:

Engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 6 5/16 x 4 3/16 inches (16 x 10.7 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 1/8 inches (27.1 x 20.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-27036

Geography:

Made in Netherlands, Europe

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