Schets voor Allegorie op de zijdehandel, RP-T-1905-197(V), Jacob de Wit, 1738

Identificationtitle(s): sketch for allegory of the silk trade. Object type: drawing object number: rp-t-1905-197(v). Inscriptions / marks: inscription, handwritten: 'painted in gray for the lord davidt of m(ollem) on his buytteplaats 1738'. Manufacture. Manufacturer: illustrator: jacob de wit. Dating: 1738. Material and technology. Physical characteristics: red chalk. Material: paper chalk. 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.