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Design for a Panel with Four Putti Decorating a Herm (Terminal Figure) with Garlands of Fruit and Foliage
Jacob de Wit, ca. 1720–40
- Artist
- Jacob de Wit (Dutch, Amsterdam 1695–1754 Amsterdam)
- Date
- ca. 1720–40
- Medium
- Red chalk. Inlaid into heavy paper mount with brown and gold framing lines
- Size
- 16 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (40.9 x 17.2 cm) (silhouetted into arch at top)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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