French painter and calligrapher. He was born in London to French parents, but became a portrait painter and worked in the Hague as curator of the painting cabinet of William III of England from 1640 to 1669. He also worked in Leiden, Den Bosch, and Zierikzee.
Johan Johansz de Wit (or Witt, born 1618, Dordrecht) was from a prominent Dutch family. Many of his relatives held influential government positions, both regional and national. Above all his nephews Johan de Witt, who as grand pensionary led the government of the Dutch Republic, and Cornelis de Witt commanded one of the most audacious operations in Dutch naval history winning a spectacular victory against the British.
