Man met zijn armen over elkaar c. 1915s - 1925s

"Man met zijn armen over elkaar" (Man with his arms crossed) is a quick sketch on paper by Isaac Israels, a Dutch artist known for his portraits and genre scenes. Dated to the 1910s-1920s, this preliminary drawing captures a fleeting moment of a seated man, his pose and facial features lightly rendered with gestural lines. The work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and exemplifies Israels's characteristic style of capturing the essence of his subjects with spontaneous immediacy.