Artwork
Syndics of the Leiden
Syndics of the Leiden is an oil painting by the Biedermeier artist Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel. It dates from 1866 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Its classification as a genre scene aligns with Stroebel's broader practice of depicting civic and everyday subjects in the Dutch realist tradition.
Syndics of the Leiden is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for nineteenth-century Dutch genre painting. The work measures 83.5 cm in height by 93 cm in width, a nearly square format suited to a multi-figure group composition. Its classification as a genre scene aligns with Stroebel's broader practice of depicting civic and everyday subjects in the Dutch realist tradition.
The painting is held in the Rijksmuseum, part of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, institutions whose conservation standards support the work's preservation, though no specific condition report is documented in the available sources.
History & Provenance
Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel created the oil painting Syndics of the Leiden in 1866. Executed on canvas, the work measures 83.5 cm in height and 93 cm in width. The painting is currently held within the collection of the Rijksmuseum, which also manages the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection.
No specific details regarding the original commission or the intermediate ownership chain prior to its current institutional housing are provided in the available records.
Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel's 1866 painting, Syndics of the Leiden, is currently held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The work belongs to the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, which is managed by the museum. While the specific inventory or accession number is not detailed in the provided records, the painting is cataloged within this major Dutch national collection. The artwork, executed in oil on canvas, measures 83.5 cm in height and 93 cm in width.
The available sources do not contain information regarding a specific exhibition history for this piece. Consequently, no past or future public showings can be documented based on the current data.
Overview
Syndics of the Leiden is a 19th-century oil painting depicting a formal gathering of men.
Subject & Meaning
The scene shows a group of men in 17th-century clothing discussing or reviewing a document, possibly a contract, in a simply decorated room with a tiled floor.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel
Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel (1821–1905) was an artist, born in The Hague.
