Jacob de Wit

Apollo Surrounded by the Nine Muses

731 voorzijde
731 voorzijde

Jacob de Wit
Apollo Surrounded by the Nine Muses

Visible à Salle 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.

Détails techniques
731 voorzijde

Jacob de Wit
Apollo Surrounded by the Nine Muses

Visible à Salle 12

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Détails

Informations générales
Artiste Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam 1695 - 1754 Amsterdam)
Titre Apollo Surrounded by the Nine Muses
Nom de l'objet painting
Numéro d'inventaire 731
Visible à Salle 12
Détails des matériaux et techniques
Technique oil
Matériau canvas
Dimensions 395 x 636 cm
Inscriptions
Signed and dated at left, on the lute: IDWit F. / 1743
IDW in ligature

Origine

Made (together with inv. nos. 732-735) for Rapenburg 48 in Leiden, the residence of Diederik van Leyden van Vlaardingen; purchased, 1910; installed in the ceiling of the Potter Room, 1912