Winter
Jacob de Wit painted this overdoor, an allegory of Winter, for the house of Cornelis Hop, who later became burgomaster of Amsterdam. Summer and Autumn are also on view in this room. With smoothly executed scenes in white and grey paint (grisailles), De Wit emulated stucco or marble reliefs, thereby imitating sculpture. In Dutch these kinds of paintings were called ‘witjes’, a play on the artist’s surname, Wit (Dutch: ‘white’).
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Winter
Jacob de Wit painted this overdoor, an allegory of Winter, for the house of Cornelis Hop, who later became burgomaster of Amsterdam. Summer and Autumn are also on view in this room. With smoothly executed scenes in white and grey paint (grisailles), De Wit emulated stucco or marble reliefs, thereby imitating sculpture. In Dutch these kinds of paintings were called ‘witjes’, a play on the artist’s surname, Wit (Dutch: ‘white’).
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Legaat van mevrouw M.C.C. Reynvaan, Elspeet
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M.C.C. Reynvaan Bequest, Elspeet
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Jacob de Wit painted this over ...... surname, Wit (Dutch: ‘white’).
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Voor het huis van Cornelis Hop ...... kunstenaar, de naam ‘witjes’.
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Rijksmuseum
subject
title
De winter
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Winter
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created
1740
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1740
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extent
buitenmaat diepte 5,5 cm
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depth 5.5 cm
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drager breedte 98 cm
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drager hoogte 101 cm
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height 101 cm
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width 98 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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provenance
Commissioned by Cornelis Hop ( ...... nd a mirror (SK-A-3234), 1934.
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temporal
second quarter 18th century
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tweede kwart 18e eeuw
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