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Drawing, Design for a Circular Painting of a Ceiling With Five Putti: Winter, 1750

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jakob de Wit. It is dated 1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

13.4 × 13.5 cm (5 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Written with ink, below: Presented by Miss Eleanor G. Hewitt.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Circular Painting of a Ceiling With Five Putti: Winter, 1750; Jakob de Wit (1695 – 1754); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper; 13.4 × 13.5 cm (5 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-22

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