The Jacob de Wit UniverseFlora and Zephyr embrace, Wisdom defeats Discord and the Arts take shape: Jacob de Wit transforms allegory into a mobile, luminous and almost architectural setting.
1695 - 1754Life of the Amsterdam decorator
1743Date of Flora and Zephyr
53 × 63.2 cmDimensions of this canvas
° 6,000Paints, ceilings and designs created - overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
Formats of your choiceA composition adapted to the dimensions ordered.
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Amsterdam, 1695 -1754 · Mythology, ceiling and sculpted illusion
Flora and Zephyr embrace, Wisdom defeats Discord and the Arts take shape: Jacob de Wit transforms allegory into a mobile, luminous and almost architectural setting.
Jacob de Wit was born and died in Amsterdam between 1695 and 1754. He became one of the great Dutch decorators of the 18th century, renowned for his ceilings, his mythological compositions and his grayness imitating sculpted relief. In Flore and Zéphyr, oil on canvas dated 1743 and measuring 53 × 63.2 cm, the breath of the wind god joins the goddess of spring in a scene of metamorphosis and fertility. Allegory of government: Wisdom conquers Discord organizes a moral fight on a canvas of 51.1 × 39.1 cm. Allegory of government: Wisdom conquers Discord organizes a moral fight on a canvas of 51.1 × 39.1 cm. Allegory of government: Wisdom conquers Discord organizes a moral fight on a canvas of 51.1 × 39.1 cm. Allegory of government: Wisdom conquers Discord organizes a moral fight on a canvas of 51.1 × 39.1 cm. Allegory of government: Wisdom conquers Discord organizes a moral fight on a canvas of 51.1 × 39.1 cm. The Allegory of Arts expands this vocabulary to creation, while children playing with a goat bring invention back to movement and play think of his figures as inhabitants of architecture: shortcuts, clouds, draperies and flesh seem to cross the surface rather than remaining locked in a frame. The "Jacob de Wit" selection notably compares Allegory of Government: Wisdom Overcomes Discord and Flora and Zephyr. His reading favors details.
De Wit doesn't put the allegory on the wall: he gives it the momentum to inhabit the entire space.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Master the great decor
De Wit adapts the baroque language to the interiors of Amsterdam. This milestone sheds light on the "Jacob de Wit" collection by prioritizing details.
Bringing Flore and Zéphyr together
Spring becomes a meeting of breath, flowers and movement.
Illusion in architecture
Color and grayness give the painted ceiling the presence of sculpted stucco.
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Ascending figures
Bodies are organized to be seen in an architecture or from below. This line guides a reading of "Jacob de Wit" focused on details.
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Motor draperies
Fabrics prolong breath, fall and flight.
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Readable allegory
Each character embodies an idea without losing their vitality.
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Sculptural grayness
Monochrome values can make you believe in relief and stucco.
Explore by universe
Ideas take shape
Spring, government, arts and gaming show four ways to make abstraction sensitive.
Zephyr01
The fertile breath
The personified wind sets Flore, the fabrics and the entire scene in motion.
For momentum. Reading "Jacob de Wit" through details.Wisdom02
The Victorious Order
Political virtue dominates Discord in a fight made immediately visible.
For ideaArts03
Creation personified
Attributes and figures compose an ambitious image of human faculties.
For the programChildren04
The game without gravity
The goat and childish bodies introduce earthly energy into the decorative universe.
For lifePolitical virtue05
Government allegory: wisdom overcomes discord
Wisdom overcomes Discord in an allegory conceived as a vertical drama.
Landmark work by Jacob de WitSpring, 174306
Flora and Zephyr
Flora and Zephyr unite flowers, wind and desire in a luminous composition.
Landmark work by Jacob de Wit
Works to discover
Allegories and mythologies of Jacob de Wit
Four compositions circulate the gaze between spring, government, artistic creation and children's play.
Each painting is made in oil on canvas by a specialized artist, then checked with you before shipping.
From the work to your interior
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For an allegory, preserve the diagonals and cloud spaces. Light gilding suits mythologies; a stone gray frame will further enhance the relief effect.
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