Fragmenten van een grafschrift en het Mailied van Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1834 - 1911

This artwork, "Fragmenten van een grafschrift en het Mailied van Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" by Jozef Israëls, is a sketchbook page created between 1834 and 1911, the year of his death. The page shows a fragment of a poem with lines of text seemingly scratched into the page, and a faint sketch in the bottom left corner, possibly a doodle. The page is in the Rijksmuseum, and highlights the creative process of the renowned Dutch painter and draughtsman.