# The Drawing Lesson

- By: Abraham van Strij (I) (Dordrecht, 1753–1826)
- Date: c. 1790 - c. 1809
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 3.8 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-396--13e522e31506c04fea8ca5d60b5a7dbf)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/2ee67201a7e016cf7b5b19f31182674b.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.