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Drawing, Design for a Painting with Five Putti

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jakob de Wit. It is dated 1725-1754 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor, white heightening on brown 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

12 × 15 cm (4 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Written with ink, below: Presented by Miss Eleanor G. Hewitt. In the lower corners is written, "Dewitt, with chalk"; at left, and "249" in ink at right.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painting with Five Putti; Jakob de Wit (1695 – 1754); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor, white heightening on brown paper; 12 × 15 cm (4 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-26

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