WIT, Jacob de
Dutch Rococo Era Painter, 1695-1754
Dutch painter, draughtsman, etcher and writer. He was the leading 18th-century Dutch decorative painter, specializing in Rococo ceiling and room decorations and groups of putti painted naturalistically in colour or as imitation reliefs in grisaille. His preparatory drawings for ceiling decorations were collected during his own lifetime, but he also executed independent finished drawings specifically for collectors
ID: 7263 Adoration of the Shepherds (detail) 1726
Oil on canvas, 138 x 103 cm (whole painting)
Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam
