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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
A LANDSCAPE WITH COWS AND SHEEP NEAR A FARMHOUSE, A MAN IN A HORSE-DRAWN CART HANDING OVER A COPPER JUG TO A WOMAN, TWO WOMEN WASHING CLOTHES TO THE LEFT
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Jacob van Strij was one of the many famous painters from the Middle Ages forward of Dordrecht, the oldest city and ancient capital of
Holland. Also well known was his brother, Abraham van Strij.
Like his brother, Abraham, Jacob learned to paint from his father Leendert van Strij (1728-1798). From 1774 he also studied two years at the Academy in Antwerp and then with Antwerp history painter, Andreas Lens (1739-1822).
In 1781 Jacob returned to Dordrecht where he be (showing 500 of 2646 characters). |
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