Abraham, van Strij 
(1753 - Dordrecht - 1826)
"Young Artist at work"
on panel: 51,5 x 44 cm;
signed and dated 'A.Van Stry 1820'
Provenance
From the collection of B. de Geus van den Heuvel, in the catalogue published by Mak van Waay, Amsterdam 1963; his collection sale at Sotheby's Mak van Waay, April 1976; with Douwes Fine Art; sold to a private collection in Belgium; thence by descent to the present owners. Sold 2017
Literature'Collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel', Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, not dated, Vol. I, cat. no. 188, p.110, with ill in Vol. II;
Ch. Dumas ed., Exhibition catalogue Dordrechts Museum: 'In helder licht, Abraham en Jacob van Strij', 2000, p. 31, ill. no 35, cat. no.15 & illustrated on cover.
Dordt, Dordrechts Museum, 'De Gebroeders Van Strij', at the ocasion of the 200th birthday of Jacob van Strij, 1958, cat. no. 14 (with catalogue by L.J. Bol); Amsterdam, Museum Willet Holthuysen, 'Romantische school, schilderijen uit de collectievan B. de Geus van den Heuvel, 1958-59, no. B5, with ill; Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 'Schilders van 1815 tot 1850, 1960, no. 62; 'In helder licht, Abraham en Jacob van Strij', Dordt, Dordrechts Museum, Jan.- April 2000 & Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, May - July 2000, cat. no. 15.