Jacob de Wit
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Jacob de Wit (Dec 19, 1695, Amsterdam - Nov 12, 1754, Amsterdam) was a Dutch artist who painted many religious scenes.
De Wit became famous for his door and ceiling paintings. He lived on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, and many of the buildings on the Keizersgracht still have door or ceiling paintings done by him. Since many of the families who lived in Amsterdam in those days had country villas, de Wit also painted in houses in the fashionable areas of Haarlem and the Vecht river. One of his paintings for a door in Heemstede now hangs in Uppsala, Sweden, in the Linnaeus museum.
