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Two Young Women in the Snow
Also titled Twee meisjes in de sneeuw
Isaac Israels (Amsterdam, 1865–1934)
c. 1890 - c. 1894
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 65 cm x width 36 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
An everday scene in Amsterdam in the winter: two warmly dressed factory workers or studio models. Israels painted them as if, during their break, they had briefly, hesitatingly, stopped before him. However, appearances can be deceptive. The pose of both women is carefully considered, and the black and red passages of their shawls and coats are contrasted to create a well-balanced composition, despite looking like the record of a fleeting moment.
