Putti playing before a herm, Jacob de Wit, 1695 – 1754, Pen and ink, white heightening on laid paper; Verso: Black chalk, pen and ink on paper, A child sits in the middle ground upon a goat, with four other beside it. In the foreground kneels, at right, a child besides some objects which lie upon the ground. He is shown from the back. At left sits a child upon a block and blows a Pan's flute. In the background are: a tree with a cloth in its branches, a Paris hermae, an altar with a pitcher. Framing lines. Verso: 'At left are sketches in two rows, probably connected with a picture representing the Virgin with the Child, and St. John. At right is a row with sketches for a flying angel. The lower part of the lowest row of the sketches has been cut away., Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1750–1752, Drawing, Drawing
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Putti playing, herm, Jacob de Wit, 1695 – 1754, Pen, ink, white heightening, laid paper, Verso, Black chalk, pen, ink, paper, child sits, middle ground upon, goat, four, beside, foreground kneels, right, child besides, objects, lie upon, ground, shown, back, left sits, child upon, block, blows, Pan's flute, background, tree, cloth, branches, Paris hermae, altar, pitcher, Framing lines, Verso, left, sketches, two rows, connected, picture representing, Virgin, Child, St, John, right, row, sketches, flying angel, lower part, lowest row, sketches, cut away, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1750–1752, Drawing, Drawing
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