Lot 43
Follower of Josef (Jozef) Israëls (1824-1911)
Lot 43 Details
Follower of Josef (Jozef) Israëls (1824-1911), Dutch
THE WATCHER
Oil on board; bears signature "Jozef Israels" lower right, titled to gallery labels verso. Framed.
23.25 ins x 17.75 ins; 59.1 cms x 45.1 cms; Framed 32.75 ins x 27.25 ins; 83.2 cms x 69.2 cms
Estimate $1,000-$1,500
Additional Images
Provenance:
With Haynes Art Gallery, Toronto in 1924 partial dated label to the stretcher;
Bequest of the Late John Paris Bickell, Toronto as "Josef Israels" as an "oil on canvas" on February 13, 1952;
Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Accession no. 51/34 to gallery labels verso;
Deaccessioned from the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario to benefit art purchases at the AGO
Exhibited:
The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in "The Hague School: Collecting in Canada at the Turn of the Century", Cat. No. 14 as "J. Israels The Watcher", exhibition label verso.
Note:
According to Jop and Mayken Jonkman (curator of 19th century art at the RKD Netherlands Institute), this work is signed by another hand. In their opinion this is not a work by Dutch artist Jozef Israëls (1824-1911) but by an unknown Dutch artist of the 19th century.
CONDITION DETAILS
Thin varnish or abrasion to lower-left corner. Losses to frame. There are traces of large sweeping, strengthening lines of overpaint in the folds of the woman's dress.
Black light: The signature is dark as it was added by another painter and it is not the signature of Jozef Israëls. .