Jacob van Strij

(Dordrecht 1756 - 1815)
Landschap met hoog geboomte (Landscape with high trees)
Signed lower right
Oil on panel, 69 x 90.5 cm
Provenance:
- Gravin J.C.A van Hogendorp - Barones van Zuylen van Nyevelt, thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited:
Gotische Zaal Noord-einde, The Hague,
Tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters ten behoeve der watersnoodlijdenden, onder de hooge bescherming van Hunne Majesteiten den Koning en de Koningin, 1881.
Literature:
Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen van oude meesters te 's Gravenhagen ten behoeve der watersnoodlijdenden onder de hooge bescherming van Hunne Majesteiten den Koning en de Koninging, Gotische Paleis in het Noordeinde, The Hague, 1881, p. 40, no. 287
Note:
Although Van Strij was strongly influenced by his famous predecessor and 'towny' Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691), this work shows strong resemblances to the oeuvre of Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709). Van Strij had seen the painting A stormy Landscape by Hobbema in 1800 in Middelburg, which is now part of The Wallace Collection in London (inv.no. P75), and copied this work on paper. Several details of this drawing can be found in his works, such as the trees, pathway and river depicted in this painting.