| Maker(s): | Israels, Isaac | | Culture: | Dutch (1865 - 1934)
| | Title: | Two figures walking down a narrow street
| | Date Made: | 1924
| | Type: | Painting
| | Materials: | oil on wood panel
| | Place Made: | Netherlands
| | Measurements: | Frame: 18 in x 16 in x 2 in; 45.7 cm x 40.6 cm x 5.1 cm; Panel: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.3 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signature: Isaac Israels, mark on verso: JHB, label on verso: ISAAC ISRAELS – Amsterdam 1865 – 1934 / He started his carrier [sic] in painting when / he was 16 , educated by his father Joseph / Israels. He travelled all over the world. / Painted for a long time in Paris. Was very / strongly influenced by the French Impres- / sionist [sic]. Some of his dancing figures / strongly indicate the influence of Degas / and Lepage. He is the Dutch Impressionist. / His paintings are in Museum [sic] all over the / world. His works are in strong demand and / bring good prices. / See Benezit 1966 Volume 5 page 78 / Israëls, Isaac: *3-2-1865 te Amster - / dam. ƚ 1934 te ‘s-Gravenhage. Vorm - / de zich onder leiding van zijn vader / Josef I. (z.a.), ook leerling van de / academie te ‘s-Gravenhage. Ging / 1871 met de familie naar ‘s-Graven- / hage. Schilderde aanvankelijk mili - / taire onderwerpen. In 1885 woonde / hij te Amsterdam, werkte in Parijs, / Londen, Zwitserland, maakte een / reis naar Indië, enz. en behandelde / toen stadsgezichten met figuren, cir-/custaferelen, strandscènes, ateliers, / gamelanspelers, portretten, enz. / Een der beiangrijkste impressionis-/tische schilders in Nederland. Schild-/derijen: Amsterdam (R. Mus.; Sted. / Mus.), Arnhem (Gem. Mus.), Lei-/den (Mus. de Lakenhal), Rotterdam / (Mus. Boymans).
| | Accession Number: | SC 2017.73.3
| | Credit Line: | The Gladys Engel and Kurt Lang Collection
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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