Putti and nymphs making an offering to Minerva - a chimney piece - en grisaille

细节

Abraham van Strij (1753-1826)
Putti and nymphs making an offering to Minerva - a chimney piece - en grisaille
signed A.Van Stry. lower right
oil on canvas
138.2cm. x 76.3cm.

来源

(Probably) with Francois van Waegenigh, The Hague; His Sale, Mak, Amsterdam, 12 June 1923, lot 1312, with incorrect measurements (Grisaille à sujet allégorique représentant Minerve assise sur un piéde stal), 55 Dfl.
(Probably) W. de Vrind, The Hague; His Sale, Van Stockum, The Hague, 21 April 1953, lot 216, with incorrect measurements (Allegorisch tafreel. Schoorsteenstuk (Grisaille) In wit gelakte lijst).

出版

(Probably) In helder licht - Abraham en Jacob van Strij, exhibition catalogue, Dordrecht & Enschede, 16 January-9 July 2000, p.97, under note 133.

注意事项

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品专文

Although Van Strij became chiefly known for his genre pieces in the style of Pieter de Hooch, he began his career as an assistant in his father's paintershop, where he painted wall decorations. The present lot is characteristic of his oeuvre of the late 1780's and early 1790's. As pointed out by Ch. Dumas, "De decoratieve schilderkunst" in In helder licht etc., 2000, p.85, this type of grisaille on a dark background was probably inspired by the classical reliefs that had been excavated in Pompeï and Herculaneum.