Meisje, staand met de armen achter de rug 1834 - 1911

This pencil sketch, titled "Meisje, staand met de armen achter de rug", was created by Dutch painter Jozef Israëls between 1834 and 1911, the year he died. The piece depicts a figure study of a young girl, and is an example of Israëls' interest in the lives of ordinary people, a theme that would come to dominate his work. While not a finished work, the sketch reveals Israëls’ deft and expressive handling of pencil. It is now on display at the Rijksmuseum, a testament to Israëls’ enduring legacy as one of the most important Dutch realist painters.