[4] The painting was thought to be a depiction of his daughter Mathilda Anna Israëls' wedding to Cohen Tervaert, although the artist himself disputed this.

[8] The painting shows a groom who is dressed in formal attire wearing a top hat and a coat with talis.

[2] In the painting the bride and groom are both covered by a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl) and it is symbolic of a chuppah or wedding canopy.

[1] In the book Jozef Israëls author John Ernest Phythian states that the painting was hastily completed and he called it an "unusual summary".

"[2] An image of the painting appears on the cover of the 2020 book, The Many Ways Jews Loved by Constance Harris.