Children of the Sea or Kinderen Der Zee is an 1872 oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Jozef Israëls.

[1] Israëls created at least 13 different versions or configurations of children playing by the sea.

[4] Children of a fisherman play in the ocean wearing their working class clothing, and a toy boat floats in front of them.

[1] The painting appears on the cover of the 2021 book Aus Meinen Kindertagen by Selma Lagerlöf.

[5] Another version appears on the cover of Edith Nesbit's 2022 fantasy fiction novel Wet Magic.