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Drawing, Bacchantes

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 black chalk, pen and ink, brush and white wash on 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

28.6 × 19.4 cm (11 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: J….BVLE / AUVERGNE 1742; Collector's mark: I. I. (?) Pascales (Lugt 2707 [and suppl.], with the number "129" written in in ink

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bacchantes; Jakob de Wit (1695 – 1754); France; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and white wash on paper; 28.6 × 19.4 cm (11 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-202

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