Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit (December 19, 1695 – November 12, 1754) was a Dutch artist who painted many religious scenes.

De Wit was born in Amsterdam, and became famous for his door and ceiling paintings. He lived on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, and many of the buildings on the Keizersgracht still have door or ceiling paintings done by him. Since many of the families who lived in Amsterdam in those days had country villas, de Wit also painted in houses in the fashionable areas of Haarlem and the Vecht river. One of his paintings for a door in Heemstede now hangs in Uppsala, Sweden, in the Linnaeus museum. De Wit died in Amsterdam in 1754.

Major works

*Baptism of Christ in the Jordan (1716) – Chalk and Pen Drawing
*Adoration of the Shepherds (1726) – Oil on Canvas
*Holy Family and Trinity (1726) – Oil on Canvas


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