Beautiful seamstress by Israëls

If Jozef Israels was not completely satisfied with a painting, he sometimes said: "The work hasn't gone out of it yet."
You should not be able to see the effort. The aim of Israel was to show the beauty and emotion in the everyday subjects. Jacob Maris summarized it nicely. He compared Israel with other famous painter. "The other depicts a head, like nobody else can, Israëls does it in a way you will never forget." This beautiful seamstress (42 x 27 cm) is for sale at Sotheby's in New York.