JOZEF ISRAËLS | AT SEA

Property of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
JOZEF ISRAËLS
Dutch
1824 - 1911
AT SEA

signed Jozef Israels (lower left)
oil on panel
panel: 14 by 10½ in.; 35.6 by 26.7 cm
framed: 24⅜ by 21⅛ in.; 61.9 by 53.7 cm

We would like to thank Dr. Dieuwertje Dekkers for kindly confirming the authenticity of this lot and for contributing to this catalogue entry.

Condition Report:
Oil on stable panel, not examined out of the frame. The work is in generally good condition, aside from scattered, fine craquelure in the sky and on the mother's face and upper body; a 1/4 inch diagonal dent in the sky at upper left; and frame abrasion with minor associated discoloration along left and right edges. Under UV light, there are no apparent retouches.

Framed in an ornamental gold frame and ready to hang.

Provenance:
E.J van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, no. 1759 (after 1900)

Celia Schmidt, Chicago

Bequeathed from the above, 1977