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Drawing, Three Putti: Design for a Grisaille Painting

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jakob de Wit. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, brush and wash on heavy blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

26 × 20.8 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Three Putti: Design for a Grisaille Painting; Jakob de Wit (1695 – 1754); Netherlands; graphite, brush and wash on heavy blue paper; 26 × 20.8 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-247

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