At the Orphanage in Katwijk-Binnen by Adolph Artz was created in 1870. The painting is in Rijkmuseum Amsterdam. The size of the work is 97 x 130 cm and is made as an oil on canvas.

About the Artist: Dutch painter and collector Adolph Artz was born in The Hague. From 1855 to 1864 Artz trained with J.H. Egenberger and Louis Royer at the Amsterdam Academie. There he met Jozef Israëls, whose fishing subjects were to be a lasting source of inspiration for Artz. He worked with Israëls in Zandvoort in 1859. Unlike Israëls, however, Artz depicted only the more cheerful sides of the fisherman’s life… Read more

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