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Design for a ceiling piece with Aeneas and the four seasons in the corners by Jacob de Wit

Design for a ceiling piece with Aeneas and the four seasons in the corners

Jacob de Wit · 1720

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Artist
Jacob de Wit
Date
1720
Location
Rijksmuseum
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Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit, a Dutch master of ceiling and door paintings, famously documented Rubens's ceilings before their destruction.

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