The Dutch painter Johannes Anthonie Balthazar Stroebel (1821-1905) was born and raised in the Hague. He received his training at the local Teekenacademie (School of the Arts) and in the studios of Bartholomeus van Hove and his son Huib, both painters of historical architecture. Stroebel followed in their footsteps, while concentrating on spaces indoors enlivened by all manner of figures in seventeenth century dress, thus presenting a wide variety of scenes from everyday life in the past. All through the nineteenth century this type of historical scene enjoyed popularity in most European countries, with many artists successfully specializing in such topics. In the Netherlands however a different situation developed, although historical genre scenes were produced in considerable numbers. Countless Dutch painters tried their hand at such scenes once or twice, thereby adding to its overall quantity, but only to abandon history painting for ever. Merely a handful of artists held on to this subject matter throughout their careers. Stroebel was one of those few. His choice may have originated in individual interests, but will certainly have been influenced by the growing popularity of his personal brand - his rendering of natural sunlight in historical interiors. In spite of criticism of his technical qualities he was a respected artist and successful in exhibiting and selling his work. The results of earlier research into the reception of historical genre scenes in European countries other than the Netherlands suggest that the appreciation for Stroebel's work is likely to have been inspired by a lively cultural historical interest on the part of his admirers. A closer scrutiny of that appreciation however has shown that it was not so much the artist's presentation of life in the Netherland's Golden Age as his particular use of sunlight, often described as Rembrandtesque and almost invariably as charming, even delightful, that caught the attention and fuelled the enthusiasm of his Dutch contemporaries.

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约翰内斯·安东尼·巴尔塔扎尔·斯特罗贝尔 (1821-1905)。Oudhollands leven en Hollands licht

荷兰画家约翰内斯·安东尼·巴尔塔扎尔·斯特罗贝尔（1821-1905）在海牙出生和长大。他在当地的 Teekenacademie（艺术学院）和 Bartholomeus van Hove 和他的儿子 Huib 的工作室接受了培训，他们都是历史建筑的画家。斯特罗贝尔紧随其后，同时专注于各种身着十七世纪服饰的人物所活跃的室内空间，从而呈现出过去日常生活中的各种场景。整个 19 世纪，这种类型的历史场景在大多数欧洲国家都很受欢迎，许多艺术家成功地专注于此类主题。然而，在荷兰，情况有所不同，尽管大量制作了历史风俗场景。无数荷兰画家在这样的场景中尝试过一两次，从而增加了它的总量，但却永远放弃了历史绘画。只有少数艺术家在整个职业生涯中都坚持这个主题。Stroebel 是少数人之一。他的选择可能源于个人兴趣，但肯定会受到他个人品牌日益流行的影响——他对历史室内自然阳光的渲染。尽管他的技术素质受到批评，但他是一位受人尊敬的艺术家，并成功地展示和销售了他的作品。早期对荷兰以外的欧洲国家对历史风俗场景的接受的研究结果表明，对史特罗贝尔的欣赏 他的作品很可能受到他的崇拜者生动的文化历史兴趣的启发。然而，对这种欣赏的仔细审查表明，艺术家对荷兰黄金时代生活的表现与其说是他对阳光的特殊使用，通常被描述为伦勃朗风格，而且几乎总是迷人的，甚至令人愉快，引起了人们的注意和激发了他的荷兰同时代人的热情。