Winter

Jacob de Wit, 1740

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’).

Artwork typepainting, overdoor, grisaille
Object numberSK-A-3233
Dimensionsheight 101 cm x width 98 cm, depth 5.5 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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Identification

Title(s)
- The Winter
- Winter
Object type
Object number
SK-A-3233
Description
Het seizoen winter. Drie putti warmen zich bij een vuurbekken. Onderdeel van een reeks van de vier seizoenen uit 1740 (SK-A-3231/3233).

Creation

Creation
painter: Jacob de Wit
Dating
1740
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on canvas
Dimensions
- height 101 cm x width 98 cm
- depth 5.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
M.C.C. Reynvaan Bequest, Elspeet
Acquisition
bequest 1934-07
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
Commissioned by Cornelis Hop (1685-1762), for his house Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, Amsterdam; his son Jacob Hop (1728-1776), with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1762; by descent to Rudolph Willem Jacob Pabst van Bingerden (1775-1841), Geertrui Sara Agathe van Heeckeren, née Pabst van Bingerden (1774-1866) and Antonia Jacoba Margaretha van Lynden, née Pabst van Bingerden (1776-1815), with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1801; Geertrui Sara Agathe van Heeckeren, née Pabst van Bingerden, with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1825; Catharina Antonia Bijleveld, née Goll van Franckenstein (1798-1854), with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1841; H.W.B. Kerckhoff, with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1854; Thomas Sowden Reinhold, with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1857; Apolonius Johannes Reijnvaan (1806-1889), with Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1863; his daughter Marie Cornélie Cathérine Reynvaan (1854-1934), without Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, that was sold to A.J. Mensing, head of auction house Frederik Muller & Co, in 1904; on loan from Marie Cornélie Cathérine Reynvaan, Elspeet, with two other paintings (SK-A-3231 and SK-A-3233), to the museum, 1926-1929 (inv. no. SK-C-1171); by whom bequeathed to the museum, with two other paintings (SK-A-3231 and SK-A-3232) and a mirror (SK-A-3234), 1934.
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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