# Merchant at His Desk

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STRIJ, Abraham van, I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on panel, 65 x 54 cm

## Commentary

A framed painting of cows in a landscape hangs on the back wall of this room of the finely dressed merchant. It may be based on a lost painting by Cuyp or could be an imagined work by van Strij who painted a number of a Cuyp-like pastiches.

## Related artworks

- [A Winter Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656/a-winter-scene-rccbbee24c61141>)
- [An Extensive River Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656/an-extensive-river-landscape-rf73b6b66293063>)
- [Interior of an Inn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656/interior-of-an-inn-rba0ed6eacd91d5>)
- [Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656/interior-rbfcfaf9c475c32>)
- [Interior with a Collector and his Wife](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656/interior-with-a-collector-and-his-wife-r13a5b293d0232d>)
- [The Housewife](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/strij-abraham-van-i-rdb9f90f6b11656/the-housewife-rd2f8af540d4257>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)