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Lot Essay
As pointed out by E. Koolhaas-Grosfeld, 'De negentiende eeuw en de zeventiende eeuwse schilderkunst, als een vraagstuk van Ouden en Modernen', De Negentiende Eeuw, IX, 1985, pp.146/7, Smak Gregoor's compositions frequently derive from those of Paulus Potter. In the present lot the composition seems to have been inspired by The Farmyard, Hermitage, Saint Petersburg (Paulus Potter, exhibition catalogue, The Hague, 1994/5, no.15, ill.).
As pointed out by Van Eynden and Van der Willigen, op.cit., p.482, Jacob Staets Vriesendorp, merchant and shipowner in Dordrecht, was among the most important 'kunstminnaars' (lover of the arts) in the city of Dordrecht at their time. A set of roomdecorations by Jacob van Strij once decorated his house at the Hoge Nieuwstraat, Dordrecht. They are now at the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (Ch. Dumas, 'De decoratieve schilderkunst van Abraham en Jacob van Strij', in In Helder Licht, exhibition catalogue, 2000, p.52, figs. 29/30 and 67/9).
As pointed out by Van Eynden and Van der Willigen, op.cit., p.482, Jacob Staets Vriesendorp, merchant and shipowner in Dordrecht, was among the most important 'kunstminnaars' (lover of the arts) in the city of Dordrecht at their time. A set of roomdecorations by Jacob van Strij once decorated his house at the Hoge Nieuwstraat, Dordrecht. They are now at the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (Ch. Dumas, 'De decoratieve schilderkunst van Abraham en Jacob van Strij', in In Helder Licht, exhibition catalogue, 2000, p.52, figs. 29/30 and 67/9).