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The Drawing Lesson
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A young pupil receives drawing instruction in the studio of his master. Perhaps the teacher is Abraham van Strij himself, who shared a large workshop in Dordrecht with his brother Jacob. The boy is drawing after a plaster cast of an ancient statue.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe tekenles. c. 1790 - c. 1809. Abraham van Strij (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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