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Donkey Rides on the Beach
Also titled Ezeltje rijden langs het strand
Isaac Israels (Amsterdam, 1865–1934)
c. 1890 - c. 1901
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 51 cm x width 70 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
In contrast to Hague School painters, Isaac Israels depicted the carefree, touristic aspect of the seaside resort of Scheveningen. He often used models for these scenes – in this case, his acquaintances Suze Pont, Agatha Pauw and her little sister. Israels worked rapidly: ‘Never work too much, no more than two hours at a stretch, do not fuss too long, otherwise you will lose your freshness.’
