[2] The man is a fisherman and he is holding a boy's hand and carrying a baby as he passes the headstone of his deceased wife.

[4] The sculpture was commissioned by Pictura, an association of art lovers in Groningen,[4] and was executed by Abraham Hesselink.

[5] The sculpture was placed in Groningen to honor the artist Jozef Israëls, who was born there and who lived there into his teenage years.

[1] It was modeled on Passing Mother's Grave as that painting was Israëls's most prominent and recognized work, and was considered to be the artist's masterpiece.

On 10 August 1946, the restored monument was unveiled by Mayor Pieter Cort van der Linden.