Abraham van Strij
(1753 - Dordrecht - 1826)
“In the wool and cloth shop”
Oil on panel: 61 x 55,5 cm;
signed ‘A: Van Strij’ (on the side of the counter)
Painted circa 1790/1800
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Notes
In this 18th Century interior scene, we can see to what extent Abraham van Strij was inspired by the masters of the 17th Century, especially by the interiors of Pieter de Hooch (1629-1683/4). He was already compared to De Hooch by an English art lover in 1819 who, when visiting Van Strij’s workshop, described him thus: ‘[he] may justly be called the modern Peter de Hoog’.1 It was not only Van Strij’s choice of subject matter that was influenced by De Hooch, but also his use of light. The bright, light atmosphere in this scene is very typical of both artists, as is the composition.
Provenance
- Private collection, The Netherlands;
- Sotheby’s amsterdam, 1993;
- Douwes Fine Art;
- in a private collection in Belgium;
- thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
- G.-H. Vogel, ‘Abraham and Jacob van Strij und die Dordechter Schule, ein Beispiel für nationalen und lokalen Historismus in der holländischen Malerei um 1800’, in Kunstlicht, Vol. 12, 1991, no. 1 pp. 16-23; Ch. Dumas ed.,
- Exhibition catalogue Dordrechts Museum: ‘In helder licht, Abraham en Jacob van Strij’, 2000, pp. 29-30, ill. no 33, cat. no.18.
Exhibited
- ‘In helder licht, Abraham en Jacob van Strij’, Dordt, Dordrechts Museum, Jan.- April 2000 & Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, May – July 2000, cat. no. 18.