# Two Donkeys

- By: Isaac Israels (Amsterdam, 1865–1934)
- Date: 1897 - 1901
- Medium: cardboard, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 9.4 cm
- Credit line: Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3595--b44560126e71f8f2cd0e4f4e97a72d11)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/Riwoy/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Scheveningen’s donkeys were not just entertainment for seaside visitors; Israels made grateful use of them in his paintings. He portrayed them a few times, either with children riding or a boy leading, or as here, waiting for the next ride. Their keeper lies in the foreground, on the sand. Unlike the more colourful version, left, here the cool hues of the sea and beach predominate.