{{Short description|Dutch art dealer}} {{Use dmy dates|date= May 2026}} {{Use British English|date= May 2026}}
'''Abraham Preyer''' (7 August 1862 – 27 May 1927) was a Dutch art dealer and collector, active in Amsterdam and The Hague, and who had firms, Preyer & Co, and Kunsthandel A. Preyer.
He was born '''Abraham Preijer''' in Amsterdam on 7 August 1862, the son of Christoffel Jan Preijer and Helena Maria Westenberg.
Preyer's collection of Dutch Old Masters was considered "one of the finest in Europe".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1927-06-02 |title=ABRAHAM PREYER.; Collector of Dutch Masters and Art Connoisseur Dead. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/06/02/archives/abraham-preyer-collector-of-dutch-masters-and-art-connoisseur-dead.html |access-date=2026-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
He sold works to fellow dealer Jacques Goudstikker, including Jan Steen's ''Sacrifice of Iphigenia'' in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sacrifice of Iphigenia |url=https://www.theleidencollection.com/artwork/the-sacrifice-of-iphigenia/ |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=The Leiden Collection |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1926, Preyer made a large donation to build the Collège néerlandais in Paris in memory of his son Arthur Preyer, a lieutenant in the American Air Force who died in Italy on 18 August 1918.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1925-1938: the property expansion EN |url=https://www.ciup.fr/en/1925-1938-the-property-expansion/ |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=CIUP |language=en-GB}}</ref>
He married Wilhelmina Keij (1867–1944) on 23 April 1891 in Baarn, Netherlands.<ref name=":0" /> They had four daughters and one son, William Arthur Preyer, born in Chicago on 4 July 1893.<ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7HS-KZ4?lang=en |website=familysearch.org |access-date=9 May 2026}}</ref>
He died in Brussels, Belgium on 27 May 1927.<ref name=":0" />
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