Old Man and Baby, Jozef Israëls, between 1880 and 1899

In a dimly lit interior a smiling elderly man, seated on a ladder-back chair, amuses an infant with a toy soldier. The child is seated in a "kakstoel," or training chair. On a rush-covered street at the right is a piece of knitting. This rustic interior is characteristic of the artist's depictions of peasant life in the eighties and nineties. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1880 and 1899. Place of creation: Puebla, Mexico (?). Dimensions: height: 110 cm (43.3 in); width: 148 cm (58.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jozef Israëls - Old Man and Baby - Walters 37658