The Four Fathers of the Church

Jacob de Wit

Artist, Dutch, 1695 - 1754

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.1 x 18.2 cm (4 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.250


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(W. R. Jeudwine, London, by 1961); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1961; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 173 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower center in pen and black ink: J de Wit inv.

Wikidata ID

Q64579347


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