Zoon van het oude volk
Jozef Israëls
ca. 1888
Medium
brush
Dimensions
580; 452
About this artwork
Joodse voddenman zit voor zijn huis met zijn dochtertje staande voor zich.
About the Artist
Jozef Israëls · 1824–1911
Israëls was born in Groningen to poor Jewish parents. He trained as an artist in Groningen and Amsterdam, and between 1845 and 1855, he expanded his training by travelling to Paris, Dusseldorf, and the artist's colony at Oosterbeek. However, the most influential locations he visited were the Dutch seaside towns of Zandvoort and Katwijk, were he adopted genre painting as a means of documenting the ...