A Lady Reading on a Sofa
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Black ink on paper
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18 x 25 cm
(7.1 x 9.8 in) - Signed lower left with studio stamp
Isaac Lazarus Israels
b. 03.02.1865
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
d. 07.10.1934
The Hague, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
d. 07.10.1934
The Hague, The Netherlands
Isaac Israels was born in 1865 into an Orthodox Jewish family in Amsterdam. In 1871 the family moved to The Hague, where his father Jozef Israels (1824-1911) was already a well-respected painter. There were always many artists and art lovers in the house of the Israels family. Max Liebermann (1847-1935) for example, was a close friend of the family. Israels also showed a remarkable tale . . .
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