Biography
Jacob de Wit (1695–1754) — Dutch painter (1695-1754).
Jacob de Wit worked as painter, decorator, etcher and copper engraver and is associated with Dutch Republic. Their documented life spans the years 1695 to 1754; born and died in Amsterdam.
| Disciplines | painter, decorator, etcher, copper engraver |
|---|---|
| Born | 1695, Amsterdam |
| Died | 1754, Amsterdam |
| Nationality | Dutch Republic |
Works
- Allegorical Figure: Fire
- Saint Philip Baptizes the Eunuch
- Allegory of the Arts
- Design for an allegorical depiction of Winter
- Design for a door ornament with putti
- The personification of Amsterdam as a lady
- Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac
- Flora and Zephyr
- The Baptism of the Eunuch
- Moses choosing the seventy elders
- The preacher Thomas of Aquinas
- Allegory, Minerva with Three Putti
- Two designs for decorations
- Apollo in the clouds with Minerva and the nine muses
- Allegorical Figure: Air
- Autumn
- Summer
- The annunciation
- Moses elects the Council of Seventy Elders
- Preliminary sketch of a door ornament (sopra porte) with Pallas Athene
- The Epic Poem
- Allegory of the Four Seasons - Summer
- Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto
- Design for a grisaille with five putti
- The Comedy
- Gods in the sky, ceiling
- Zephyr and Flora
- Allegory of painting - "Pictura"
- Allegory: Faith, Hope and Love
- Winter
- Allegory on the Writing of History
- the music
- Paris and Oenone
- The Judgment of Paris
- The Four Fathers of the Church
- Study for a Ceiling: Allegory of the Harvest with Dionysus and Ceres
- The Pastoral Song
- Design for a ceiling piece with Aeneas and the four seasons in the corners
- Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory
- Allegory of Government: Wisdom Defeating Discord
- Bust of Diana with Putti and Hunting Attributes
- Jupiter (in the guise of Diana) and Callisto
- Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with the sleeping Amor
- Apollo Surrounded by the Nine Muses
- Allegorical Figure: Earth
- Jerome, church father
- Ceiling pieces "Day chases the night away" and "The four seasons"
- Putti with mirrors
- Design for an allegory of Winter
- The juxtaposition of the Old and the New Testament (1 Cor. 10:6)
- Design for a grisaille of Winter
- The four seasons
- Putti enacting an Allegory of Summer
- The Elegy
- Sketch of an allegory of Winter
- Design for a painting "Children’s pastorale"
- Allegory of autumn
- Oil Sketch for a Ceiling Picture
- Allegory on shipping
- Allegorical Figure: Water
