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Jacob de Wit was a Dutch artist and interior decorator who painted many religious scenes.
Jacob de Wit was born in Amsterdam, and became famous for his door and ceiling paintings. He lived on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, and many of the buildings on the Keizersgracht still have door or ceiling paintings done by him. Since many of the families who lived in Amsterdam in those days had country villas, de Wit also painted in houses in the fashionable areas of Haarlem and the Vecht river.

According to the RKD he was the pupil of Albert van Spiers in Amsterdam and Jacob van Hal in Antwerp where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1714. While in Antwerp, he made a series of watercolor sketches of the Rubens ceilings in the Carolus Borromeuskerk in Antwerp. After the church was struck by lightning in 1718 these became a historical document, and his pupil Jan Punt later engraved his sketches and published them in 1751. His pupils were Jan de Groot (painter from The Hague), Dionys van Nijmegen, Jan Punt, Pieter Tanjé, and the brothers Frans and Jacob Xavery. Jacob de Wit died in Amsterdam in 1754. Tako Hajo Jelgersma was his follower.

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Two angel heads

Two angel heads

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Christ Blessing the little Children

Christ Blessing the little Children (1640 - 1672)

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
The personification of the city of Amsterdam enthroned

The personification of the city of Amsterdam enthroned (1741)

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Allegory of the Writing of History

Allegory of the Writing of History (1754)

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Study of a hand

Study of a hand

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Ein am Baum der Erkenntnis Sitzender erhält Unterweisungen von Moses und Johannes dem Täufer

Ein am Baum der Erkenntnis Sitzender erhält Unterweisungen von Moses und Johannes dem Täufer

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Antique head of a man in profile

Antique head of a man in profile

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Three angel heads

Three angel heads

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Holy family

Holy family

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Amoretten mit einem Thyrsusstab und Bacchanten in Wolken

Amoretten mit einem Thyrsusstab und Bacchanten in Wolken (1740)

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Callisto’s zwangerschap: ‘De nymphen ontdekken…’

Callisto’s zwangerschap: ‘De nymphen ontdekken…’

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Saint Philip Baptizes the Eunuch

Saint Philip Baptizes the Eunuch (1748)

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Leafy branch

Leafy branch

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Flora and Zephyr

Flora and Zephyr (1743)

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
Allegory of War and Peace

Allegory of War and Peace

Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)
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