Love of Art

This work by the Dordrecht painter Abraham van Strij (1753-1826) shows a painter or collector enjoying a drawing with his wife. In the background is a figure at an easel. A drawing in the Hessisches Landesmuseum has the same composition with the man wearing a hat.    

Oil on panel. Sign. A.van Stry. Ca. 1820 . Incl. frame H 35,5, Br 33 cm.