Jacob’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Jupiter and Mnemosyne
Jacob de Wit Flemish, 1695-1754

Study for Apotheosis of Hercules
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Design for a Ceiling: Apotheosis of Callisto or Diana (recto), and Sketch of Figures (verso)
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Five Putti at Play
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Allegory of Winter
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Minerva with Two Putti
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Druids Cutting Mistletoe
Attributed to Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Baby Satyrs and Putti Playing with Donkey
Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754) or Caspar Franz Sambach (Austrian, 1715-1795) or Style of Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762-1844)

Three Cherubs Playing around a Rock
Follower of or after Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Three Children and a Goat
Style of Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis
Attributed to Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754) or an unknown Flemish artist

Putti with Shield and Sword
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Apollo and the Muses
Possibly Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611) or Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754) or Giacomo del Po (Italian, 1652-1726)

Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Attributed to Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Playing Putti
Possibly Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754) or an unknown artist (Dutch, 18th century)

Three Putti
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Putti with Medallion
Jacob de Wit Dutch, 1695-1754

Moses Confronting the Israelites
Unknown artist Formerly attributed to Jacob de Wit (Dutch, 1695-1754)

The Wedding
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917–2000

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England