Jozef Israëls, Dutch, 1824-1911
Title: The Hearth
Date: 1883
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 49.2 x 33.5 cm
Plate: 41.4 x 29.6 cm
Credit Line: Presented, Brian Lalor Print Collection, 2014
Object Number: NGI.2014.89
DescriptionA leading member of The Hague School, Jozef Israëls helped shape the course of nineteenth century Dutch art. His powerful oil studies of peasant life were first shown at the Paris Exposition of 1878, and he was regarded a worthy successor to Rembrandt. In terms of subject matter his etchings, 30 of which are known, can be compared to the work of Millet, Van Gogh and Käthe Kollwitz.
InscriptionUpper left: Published London, July 18th.,1883 by The English & Foreign Artists’ Association. Lower left: Jozef Israels [scratched in plate] Lower centre: DRAWN AD ETCHED BY JOSEF ISRAELS. / Imp. Ch. Chardon Lower right: The Hearth.