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Drawing, Design for a Painting, 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 gray watercolor, brush and white gouache on brown paper, mounted. 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

11.9 × 15.1 cm (4 11/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed as -21; a number is stuck out in the lower right corner.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painting, Five Putti; Jakob de Wit (1695 – 1754); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, brush and white gouache on brown paper, mounted; 11.9 × 15.1 cm (4 11/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-25

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