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Ceiling Design
Jacob de Wit, early 18th century
- Artist
- Jacob de Wit (Dutch, Amsterdam 1695–1754 Amsterdam)
- Date
- early 18th century
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk; two double framing lines in pen and black ink
- Size
- sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (30.2 x 21.6 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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