Fine Art

Children of the Sea — History & Facts

This charming scene contains a message. The children of a fisherman, with their tattered rags and paltry toys, offer us a glimpse of their future. The eldest boy carries the weight of the family on his shoulders, and the little boat stands for the rigours of life at sea.

Jozef Israëls first painted this subject in 1863. It became enormously popular and the artist subsequently repeated it often.

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Children playing with a boat at the beach, etching by Jozef Israëls

Kinderen spelend met een scheepje aan het strand

Jozef Israëls

Duinlandschap met moeder en kinderen, etching by Jozef Israëls depicting a mother and children in a dune landscape.

Duinlandschap met moeder en kinderen

Jozef Israëls

Wachtende vrouw met kind, etching by Jozef Israëls, depicting a mother and child in a serene interior.

Wachtende vrouw met kind

Jozef Israëls

Portrait of an old man by Jozef Israëls, etching

Oude man

Jozef Israëls

Mother and child on a seashore, oil on panel by Jozef Israëls

Mother and Child on a Seashore

Jozef Israëls

Children wading in gentle waves, oil painting by Jozef Israëls

Children of the Sea

Jozef Israëls

Oil painting by Jozef Israëls featuring a tree and gate in a vibrant landscape

Boom voor het hek van een landhuis

Jozef Israëls

Portrait of a man with a thoughtful expression, etching by Jozef Israëls

Portret van Jan

Jozef Israëls

Oil painting by Jozef Israëls depicting an elderly figure with weathered hands and soft light

Old Age

Jozef Israëls

Landscape of rolling green hills by Jozef Israëls, oil painting

Dal met begroeide bergen

Jozef Israëls

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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, oil on canvas by Georges Seurat, depicting a lively park scene.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

Georges Seurat

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet, oil on canvas, depicts a picnic scene with nude and clothed figures.

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe

Édouard Manet

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, oil on canvas depicting playful figures in a garden.

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas, shows a maidservant pouring milk in a bright interior.

The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer

Vibrant cabaret scene, oil on canvas by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, oil painting depicting hunters in a snowy landscape.

Hunters in the Snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder