Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Jacob van Strij
Peasants and cattle in a landscape
Lot Closed
March 24, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jacob van Strij
Dordrecht 1756 - 1815
Peasants and cattle in a landscape
signed lower right: I. van Stry
oil on oak panel
unframed: 34.8 x 45.2 cm.; 13 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.
framed: 57 x 67.5 cm.; 22 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Christie's, 22 October 1982, lot 71, where acquired for the Wieg collection.
Van Strij was born in Dordrecht in the middle of the 18th century, but his work was inspired by and in the style of the great Dutch landscape masters of preceding generations, notably Aelbert Cuyp (1620-91), Paulus Potter (1625-54), and Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709), from whose work he often borrowed motifs and figures. Van Strij specialised in pastoral subjects, and the present painting is entirely characteristic of his œuvre.