The Anxious Family
Artist
Jozef Israëls
(Dutch, 1824–1911)
Date1885
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 57.2 x 70.8 cm (22 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1917.51
Label TextIsraels was born in Gröningen in northern Holland. His early ambition was to become a rabbi, but he met parental opposition. In 1844 he went to Amsterdam to become a pupil of painter Jan Krauseman.
The Anxious Family is characteristic of Israels’ sensitive genre scenes. It was probably painted at Zandvoort, a fishing village where Israels spent the major part of his career.
ProvenanceE.B. Greenshield Collection, Montreal R.C. and N.M. Vose, Boston MAOn View
Not on view
