“ His art is suggestive rather than decorative, and his force does not seem to depend on any preconceived method, such as a synthetical treatment of form or gradations of tone. And yet, though his means appear so simple, the artist’s mind seems to communicate with the spectator’s by directness of pictorial instinct, and we have only to observe the admirable balance of composition and truthful perspective to understand the sure knowledge of his business that underlies such purely impressionist handling. ”

“ See Max Rooses, Dutch Painters of the Nineteenth Century (London, 1899) ; R. A. M. Stevenson, “Jacob Maris,” Magazine of Art (1900) ; Ph. Zilcken, Peintres Hollandais modernes (Amsterdam, 1893) ; Jan Veth, “Een Studie over Jacob Maris,” Onze Kunst (Antwerp, 1902) . ”