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1931

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Drawing, Design for a Painting, Two Flying 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 brown and gray watercolor, brush and white gouache on 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

6.9 × 8.2 cm (2 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed as -21.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painting, Two Flying Putti; Jakob de Wit (1695 – 1754); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and brown and gray watercolor, brush and white gouache on paper, mounted; 6.9 × 8.2 cm (2 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-65-27

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