Live Auction 3008The Decorative Arts Sale, incl. Fine Paintings
Jacob van Strij (Dordrecht 1756-1815)
Lot 346

Jacob van Strij (Dordrecht 1756-1815)

Herdsmen and their cattle by an encampment

Closed20 June 2012

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EUR 3,500

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Jacob van Strij (Dordrecht 1756-1815)
Herdsmen and their cattle by an encampment
signed 'J. van Stry.' (lower right)
oil on panel
58.1 x 83.3 cm.

The artist's deceased sale; De Hart, Dordrecht, 24 April 1816, lot 94, as by the artist after A. Cuip.
Anonymous sale; De Waart, The Hague, 7 June 1966, lot 187.
Anonymous sale; Nackers, Brussels, 17 September 1966, lot 972.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 October 1972, lot 569, sold (for Dfl. 5,700).
Anonymous sale; Van Marle & Bignell, The Hague, 12 March 1974, lot 409, (for Dfl. 9,500).
Anonymous sale; A. Mak, Dordrecht 13 June 1978, lot 193.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 July 1990, lot 87, as attributed to Jacob van Strij.

Specialist note

This painting is a copy with slight variations after a composition by Aelbert Cuyp (see Hofstede de Groot, 1908, nr. 59b). Most notable, the card playing soldiers in the centre of the composition in Cuyp's original were changed by Van Stry into his typical herdsmen and cows.