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| Title | Peasant Children | |
| Collection | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Artist | Attributed to Israëls, Jozef (Dutch artist, 1824-1911) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1860 | |
| Date Latest | about 1880 | |
| Description | Israëls painted numerous scenes of peasants in their daily trials and efforts, and many of these were clearly influenced by Rembrandt. In this painting, three children, the oldest carrying the youngest, are standing inside a decaying and empty room, unhappily looking at it. Brown tones convey a mood of poverty and sadness to the painting, which is enlightened by a ray of sunlight coming in from the right. As this painting is unsigned and the paint is applied straight onto the unprimed millboard, this could be a preparatory study. | |
| Current Accession Number | 513 | |
| Subject | everyday life | |
| Measurements | 55.0 x 51.4 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on millboard | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by J. G. Graves 1929. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from the City of Sheffield Art Galleries, University of Nottingham, 1967. | |
| Rights Owner | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Author | Irene Galandra | |