Harvard Art Museums > 1934.201: Children of the Sea Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Children of the Sea (Jozef Israëls) , 1934.201,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/298270. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1934.201 People Jozef Israëls, Dutch (Groningen, The Netherlands 1824 - 1911 The Hague, The Netherlands) Title Children of the Sea Other Titles Former Title: Children Playing in the Water at Scheveningen Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1870-1895 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/298270 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and touches of gouache, charcoal, and graphite on cream wove paper Dimensions 26 x 42.5 cm (10 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l., black watercolor: Jozef Israels inscription: verso, center, blue pencil: 2690 inscription: verso, center [under "2690"], graphite: C 5768-2 inscription: verso, l.r. corner, blue-purple ink: M.F. Bartlett / 227 Commwth Ave inscription: verso, center, graphite: 1934.201 [Fogg accession number] label: Formerly back of frame (now in file), printed and inscribed in red ink and graphite: No. [graphite] G 6323 / Doll & Richards, / Fine Art Dealers, / 2 Park Street, Boston. label: Formerly back of frame (now in file), tan label (discolored?), printed: MFB [decorative monogram; stands for "Mary F. Bartlett" or "Mary and Fannie Bartlett"] / 227 Commonwealth Avenue label: Formerly back of frame (now in file), tan label (discolored) with black decorative border, partly torn off, in handwriting Bartlett sisters, brown ink: For the / Boston Museum of Fine Arts / from / Mary F & Fannie Bartlett / Children playing in the water / at Scheveningen / Joseph Israels [Four other works in our collection (from the Bartletts) have the same black bordered decorative label with inscription in the same handwriting: Blommers (1934.204), Mauve (1934.198), Mesdag (1934.203), and Weissenbruch (1934.197). The label is probably related to an exhibition at the MFA in 1895.] Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Doll & Richards, Boston]. Mary F. and Fannie Bartlett, Boston, by 1895, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Mary F. and Fannie Bartlett Collection Accession Year 1934 Object Number 1934.201 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History New Acquisitions, Print Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/21/1895 - 11/01/1895 Dutch Water Colors of the 19th Century, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/1935 - 03/31/1935 Unidentified Exhibition, Wilcox House, 1958, Wilcox House, York, 08/01/1958 - 08/31/1958 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
