Jacob de Wit

The Pastoral Song

732 voorzijde
732 voorzijde

Jacob de Wit
The Pastoral Song

Zu sehen in Saal 12

This ceiling painting comes from a house in Leiden (Rapenburg 48) and has been hanging here since 1912. Apollo, the classical god of the arts, is depicted on the oval centrepiece. He is surrounded by his nine muses, who stand for the various artistic disciplines. The four grisailles around the centrepiece represent the elegy, the comedy, the pastoral song and the epos.

In the eighteenth century, the Amsterdam artist Jacob de Wit was the leading expert in this type of illusionist tour de force.

Technische Daten
732 voorzijde

Jacob de Wit
The Pastoral Song

Zu sehen in Saal 12

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Details

Allgemeine Informationen
Künstler Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695 - 1754 Amsterdam)
Titel The Pastoral Song
Objektname painting
Inventarnummer 732
Zu sehen in Saal 12
Material und technische Daten
Technik oil
Material canvas
Maße 270 x 398 cm

Ursprung

Made (together with inv. nos. 731 and 373-735) for Rapenburg 48 in Leiden, the residence of Diederik van Leyden van Vlaardingen; purchased, 1910; installed in the ceiling of the Potter Room, 1912