C27/115-original Drawing-jacob De Wit-angelots-angels Spilling Flowers-17c

Attributed to the circle of JACOB DE WIT (Amsterdam, 1695 - 1754) Angels pouring out flowers Pen and black ink, gray wash 28 cm x 19 cm Featuring an old watermark, this typically baroque drawing, superbly executed, is an iconographic rarity . If we commonly see swarms of angels in weightlessness, it is more unusual to see them arranged in a garland or pouring flowers from a basket onto the structure of a “flower fall”. The image could be associated with the Virgin, of which the rose is the symbol. However, it is difficult to imagine it being a project for part of a painting such as an Assumption. It is undoubtedly more of a ceiling composition, intended to decorate the living room of a private hotel or a religious establishment. The putti mixed with flowers, evolving with an airy lightness, evoke the graceful repertoire of the great Dutch decorator Jacob de Wit, who scattered children on the ceilings or piers of the interiors of Amsterdam. SOLD WITH ITS CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY