Josef Israëls
Watching the Flock
About this artwork
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artist:Josef Israëls (1824 - 1911) Dutch
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title:Watching the Flock
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date created:1843 - 1888
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:29.80 x 42.60 cm; Framed: 59.50 x 70.00 x 9.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequest of Hugh A Laird 1911
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accession number:NG 1059
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Josef Israëls
Josef Israëls
Israëls was born in the Dutch city of Groningen. There he undertook some initial artistic training, before moving to Amsterdam and then on to Paris. In 1850, he travelled to Düsseldorf, but the area that exerted the most influence on Israëls proved to be the seaside towns along the Dutch North Sea...
