Focus on Children of the Sea (painting) and discuss the History.
Israëls first painted the subject of Children of the Sea in 1863. The subject was popular and Israëls repeated it in other paintings. Many of his paintings show peasants at work or resting. Children of the Sea portrays children at play, and the toy is a sailing boat in the shallow water. In Dutch the painting is known as Kinderen Der Zee. The painting is now in the collections of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Israëls created at least 13 different versions or configurations of children playing by the sea. While documenting the lives and struggles of fishermen he took time to document the joy and innocence of children at play.
Amsterdam Rijksmuseum