Allegorie op de zijdehandel, RP-T-1905-197(R), Jacob de Wit, 1738

Identificationtitle(s): allegory of the silk trade. Object type: drawing design object number: rp-t-1905-197(r). Inscriptions / marks: date. Description: mercury stands with a seated woman at whose feet two children are playing. Design for a painting. Manufacture. Manufacturer: illustrator: jacob de wit. Dating: 1738. Material and technology. Physical characteristics: heightened with white, pen in black, brush in brown. Material: paper ink technique: pen / brush. Dimensions: height 235 mm × width 140 mm. Subject: what: (story of) mercury (hermes). Acquisition and rights:: credit line: purchase with the support of the rembrandt association. Acquisition: purchase january 19, 1904. Date: 1738.