Opdateret november 2026 · rangeret efter vores popularitetsscore (søgninger, besøg og ordrer for hvert værk) · 77 værker af Abraham Van Strij i vores katalog
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I galleriets øjne er Abraham Van Strijs mest berømte maleri Man at a Desk (1800), hvis original hænger på Philadelphia Museum of Art i Philadelphia. Crucified Christ (1768) og Ecce Homo (1768) fuldender trioen, som ethvert øje genkender. Ud af de 77 værker af Abraham Van Strij i vores katalog præsenterer galleriet herunder de 76 mest berømte, hver som et originalværk med årstal, museum og det, der gør det unikt.
In the quietude of a dimly lit interior, a solitary figure sits absorbed in his work. This painting, titled Man at a Desk, captures a moment of intense study by the Dutch artist Abraham van Strij. Created about 1800, the scene finds a man deeply engaged with a large ledger, its pages marked by wide spaces between lines of text that demand careful reading. He is a man of business…
A somber, monochromatic oil composition centers on the figure of Jesus Christ upon the cross. The palette is restricted to muted shades of ochre, brown, and tan, creating an atmospheric effect that suggests antiquity. Light emanates from the upper left, casting gentle shadows that define the musculature of the torso and the folds of the loincloth. This chiaroscuro technique provides a sense of depth to the anatomical rendering of the…
The figure emerges from a deep, architectural niche, appearing less like a painting and more like a relief carved from pale marble. Christ stands in the center of the frame, caught in a moment of profound stillness. He wears a crown of thorns, and a slender reed rests in his hand, symbols of a humiliation that feels heavy and immediate. The lighting descends from the upper left, casting long, dramatic…
A formal 18th-century oil portrait captures Hermanus Boet in a three-quarter view, positioned slightly off-center against a dark, warm umber background. The composition relies on a subtle use of light to establish a sense of calm authority. Directional light enters from the upper left, illuminating the subject's face and hand while casting the right side of his body into soft shadow. This chiaroscuro effect provides a three-dimensional modeling that defines…
This black and white photograph captures a high-relief sculpture of the allegorical figure Justitia. The figure is seated within a shallow, arched niche, presented in a vertical and centered composition. She is draped in voluminous robes that fall in deep, rhythmic folds, creating a heavy texture across her form. In her right hand, she holds a set of scales suspended by a crossbar, while her left hand grips a sword.…
This monochromatic relief, dated 1782, presents a group of four winged infants, or putti, arranged in a pyramidal composition. The figures are rendered in high relief, creating a sense of physical depth within a shallow architectural niche. Each chubby form is defined by soft, curvilinear lines that trace the rounded limbs and the folds of flowing drapery. The color palette is restricted to a range of warm, monochromatic tones, including…
A three-quarter length portrait from 1780, this work presents a man of significant presence. He is positioned slightly off-center, a composition that lends a sense of stability to his figure. The subject wears a heavy wool coat in deep blue and grey, contrasted by the delicate texture of a lace cravat at his neck. His dark hat adds a weight to the upper portion of the frame, while his gaze…
The portrait presents a young man in a three-quarter view, captured from the chest up against a dark, neutral backdrop. Executed in 1785, the work utilizes a restrained color palette where the cool light blue of the subject's coat provides a sharp contrast to warm skin tones and white lace. Directional lighting from the upper left defines the bridge of the nose and cheekbones, casting soft shadows that grant the…
The light enters from the upper left, a soft diagonal that carves the shape of a young woman against a dark, atmospheric void. She is Cornelia van Rees, a figure caught in the stillness of 1785. Her skin possesses a luminous, pale quality, almost translucent against the deep shadows of the background. A voluminous, powdered hairstyle frames her face, topped with large, feathery white plumes that catch the light like…
A monochromatic oil painting captures a quiet moment of labor within a rustic cellar. A woman and a young girl are framed by a heavy stone archway, their forms illuminated by a sharp, directional light that cuts through the surrounding gloom. This light catches the textures of the scene: the coarse grain of wooden beams, the uneven surface of stone walls, and the folds of simple clothing. The composition draws…
Summer Landscape with a Stone Gate on a Bridge and Two Figures by the Water1795 · Dordrechts Museum
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Portrait of Emerentia van Renten (1741-1820)1795
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Still Life of Flowers and Fruits with a Dog1797 · Dordrechts Museum
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Cottage Interior with Woman reading, possibly, a Bible (Housekeeper's Room)1799 · Cragside
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Interior with a Woman Giving a Girl a Drink1811 · Dordrechts Museum
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Portrait of Lambert Pieter van Tets (1761-1825)1805
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Cityscape with the Building of the St. Lucasgilde1819 · Dordrechts Museum
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Horseman Resting near a Village Inn1823 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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The Housewife1800 · Rijksmuseum
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Portrait of mr. Cornelis de Witt (1742-1815)1795 · Kunstmuseum Den Haag
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The Caldron Scrubber, Abraham van Strij (I), 1808 - 18101810 · Rijksmuseum
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The Drawing Lesson, Abraham van Strij (I), c. 1790 - c. 18091809 · Rijksmuseum
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A Cherry Vendor at the Door, Abraham van Strij (I), 18161816 · Rijksmuseum
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Interior of an Inn1825
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Portrait of Jan van Emmerik (1718-1800)Dordrechts Museum
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Portrait of Abraham van Strij jr. (1790-1840)Dordrechts Museum
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Overdoor Piece with Allegory of the City DordrechtDordrechts Museum
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Panels and a small panel from a room paintingDordrechts Museum
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Interior With a Collector and His Wife
30
The foreign trade Sun
31
Wooden rafts pm the Biesbosch Sun
32
Milking time Sun
33
Winterview Spuihaven in Dordrecht Sun
34
Boy and girl looking at drawings Sun
35
Sailing of the Dordrecht Sun
36
View on Bleechingground in Vriesepoort Sun
37
Italian landscape with herdsmen couple Sun
38
Hendrik Weymans and his family Sun
39
Interior with soldier and maid
40
View on flooded Over and Nederwaard Sun
41
Forest landscape Sun
42
Winter landscape Sun
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Unloading wood at Builenwalenvest Sun
44
Winterlandscape with farm Sun
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Riverlandscape with mill
46
Italian landscape and ruin Merwede SunDordrechts Museum
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Landscape with watermill Sun
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Landscape with mill and cattle Sun
49
Winterlandscape at DrevelDordrechts Museum
50
Landscape with cows Sun
51
Landscape with resting cows Sun
52
Mountainous riverlandscape
53
discovers Achilles Sun
54
Herdsman with resting cattle Sun
55
Sitting boy Sun
56
Landscape in winter Sun
57
Landscape with coast and ruin Sun
58
Two goats in a yard
59
Man with fur hat Sun
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Landscape with dead tree SunDordrechts Museum
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Cobbler and his family Sun
62
Contemplation of a drawing SunRijksmuseum Twenthe
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The artists son Sun
64
Woman and child in basementDordrechts Museum
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The young draughtsman Sun
66
Fish salesman at woman and chidren Sun
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Merriment on frozen river Sun
68
The drawinglesson SunDordrechts Museum
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Winter city view with children Sun
70
Hendrik Weymans and his family SunDordrechts Museum
71
A Winter Scene
72
Interior of wool and sheetshop Sun
73
An Extensive River Landscape
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Sitting old man waiting in hall Sun
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Merchant at a table near window Sun
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Reading old woman at windowDordrechts Museum
De fire motiver, der optræder hyppigst i disse originaler, hver med sit fineste eksempel.
De 8 museer, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af Abraham Van Strij | Malerier fra denne liste |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dordrechts Museum |
Dordrecht | 18 | Crucified Christ, Ecce Homo, Portrait of Hermanus Boet (1756-1832) |
 Rijksmuseum |
Amsterdam | 4 | The Housewife, The Caldron Scrubber, Abraham van Strij (I), 1808 - 1810, The Drawing Lesson, Abraham van Strij (I), c. 1790 - c. 1809 |
 Museum Gouda |
Gouda | 2 | Music-making Putti, Portrait of Joseph Mellie |
 Rijksmuseum Twenthe |
Enschede | 2 | Woman and girl getting wine from the cellar, Contemplation of a drawing Sun |
 Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Philadelphia | 1 | Man at a Desk |
 Cragside |
1 | Cottage Interior with Woman reading, possibly, a Bible (Housekeeper's Room) | |
 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
Rotterdam | 1 | Horseman Resting near a Village Inn |
 Kunstmuseum Den Haag |
Hague | 1 | Portrait of mr. Cornelis de Witt (1742-1815) |
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A somber, monochromatic oil composition centers on the figure of Jesus Christ upon the cross. The palette is restricted to muted shades of ochre, brown, and tan, creating an atmospheric effect that suggests antiquity. Light emanates from the upper left, casting gentle shadows that define the musculature of the torso and the folds of the loincloth. This chiaroscuro technique provides a sense of depth to the anatomical rendering of the…
A formal 18th-century oil portrait captures Hermanus Boet in a three-quarter view, positioned slightly off-center against a dark, warm umber background. The composition relies on a subtle use of light to establish a sense of calm authority. Directional light enters from the upper left, illuminating the subject's face and hand while casting the right side of his body into soft shadow. This chiaroscuro effect provides a three-dimensional modeling that defines…
This black and white photograph captures a high-relief sculpture of the allegorical figure Justitia. The figure is seated within a shallow, arched niche, presented in a vertical and centered composition. She is draped in voluminous robes that fall in deep, rhythmic folds, creating a heavy texture across her form. In her right hand, she holds a set of scales suspended by a crossbar, while her left hand grips a sword.…
In this vertically oriented work, Summer Landscape with a Stone Gate on a Bridge and Two Figures by the Water, Abraham van Strij directs our attention toward the immense scale of the natural world. An expansive, dramatic sky occupies the upper two-thirds of the canvas, filled with heavy, billowing grey and white clouds that seem to press down upon the landscape below. This celestial weight is balanced by the terrestrial…
In the quietude of a dimly lit interior, a solitary figure sits absorbed in his work. This painting, titled Man at a Desk, captures a moment of intense study by the Dutch artist Abraham van Strij. Created about 1800, the scene finds a man deeply engaged with a large ledger, its pages marked by wide spaces between lines of text that demand careful reading. He is a man of business…
Soft, natural light pours through a large window on the left, washing over a rustic scene that feels as though it is breathing in the stillness of a mid-morning pause. Inside this domestic sanctuary, a woman leans forward with gentle intent, pouring liquid from a heavy jug into a cup held by a young girl. The air in the room feels thick with the scent of stone and old wood.…
The composition is framed by the dark, heavy timber beams of a wooden structure in the foreground, creating a natural vignette that directs the eye toward a brightly lit central scene. A white horse occupies the center of the frame, its coat rendered with a slight sheen. A rider sits atop the animal, pausing in a moment of stillness. To the side, a man offers a drink to the traveler,…
Man at a Desk (1800), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Derefter følger Crucified Christ (1768) og Ecce Homo (1768).
47 år gammel: Man at a Desk er fra 1800, og Abraham Van Strij blev født i 1753.
Man at a Desk, Crucified Christ, Ecce Homo, Portrait of Hermanus Boet (1756-1832), Justitia, Music-making Putti, Portrait of Joseph Mellie, Portrait of Adriaan Johannes van Tets (1764-1792), Portrait of Cornelia van Rees (1765-1788) og Woman and girl getting wine from the cellar. Ranglisten ovenfor viser det enkelte værks årstal og museum.
Vores katalog indeholder 77 værker af Abraham Van Strij, dateret fra 1768 til 1825.
Primært i Dordrechts Museum (Dordrecht), Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) og Museum Gouda (Gouda). Museumslisten ovenfor viser dem alle.
I 1780s: 5 af de 76 værker på denne side blev skabt dengang, herunder Justitia.
På denne side er det tidligste Crucified Christ (1768) og det seneste Interior of an Inn (1825).
Sky (32), Landscape (12) og Woman (8), fordelt på de 76 værker på denne side.
Oil On Canvas, for 10 af de 76 værker på denne side.
Neoclassicism, baseret på originalerne på denne side.
Crucified Christ, Ecce Homo og Portrait of Hermanus Boet (1756-1832): Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht har 18 af værkerne på denne side.
Arven fra familien: Van Strij stammede fra en familie berømt for sit kunstneriske talent, hvilket prægede hans tidlige liv og skabte en uforgængelig forbindelse til maleriet. Formel uddannelse: Ponses vejledning gav Abraham en uvurderlig grundlæggende viden, der forberedte ham på de udfordringer, det kræver at mestre landskabskunsten. Medlemskab af lavet og lederskab: Som medlem af Sankt Lukas-lavet i Dordrecht, og senere som dets direktør, spillede Abraham en aktiv rolle i at forme de kunstneriske standarder og fremme excellence i sin region.
Hans værksted udviklede sig til et knudepunkt for kunstnerisk udvikling og tiltrak talentfulde elever, som ville føre familietraditionen videre. Blandt disse var Pieter Rudolph Kleijn, Johannes van Lexmond, Jacob de Meijer, Johannes Rutten, Johannes Schoenmakers, Johannes Christiaan Schotel og Gillis Smak Gregoor – individer, hvis karrierer nød stor gavn af Abrahams mentorskab og ekspertise. Disse elever omfavnede de stilistiske indflydelser fra Rembrandt og Cuyp, hvilket afspejlede de bredere kunstneriske strømninger i deres samtid.For at dykke dybere ned i Abraham Van Strijs kunstneriske bedrifter og hans vidtrækkende indflydelse, kan man med fordel besøge Web Gallery of Art (https://www.wga.hu/en/bio/biograph.html?s=strij) eller udforske reproduktioner af hans fejrede mesterværker, såsom “A Cherry Vendor at the Door” (https://www.wga.hu/en/artworks/cherry-vendor/index.html?s=strij) og “Sailing of the Dordrecht Sun” (https://www.wga.hu/en/artworks/sailing-dordrecht/index.html?s=strij). Man kan også opdage lignende kunstneriske stilarter ved at besøge Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (https://www.boijmansvanbeuningen.nl/) og Van Gogh Museum (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/).
