Why it matters
A widowed fisherman walks past his wife's grave with his two children. One of Israëls's first Realist works, it became one of his most famous paintings, though some have called it sentimental.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1856.
- It has been compared to Courbet's The Stone Breakers.
- Israëls himself painted several copies.
Based on the Wikipedia article Passing Mother's Grave (CC BY-SA 4.0).