Famous painter, Isaac Israels loved Ippy & Gertie..

…the famous twin sister models (Helena and Geertruida Wehmann) of the Fashion House Hirsch in Amsterdam.  He was a Dutch artist who was introduced to the fashion world and the girls by his friend Therese Schwartze who was a portrait painter.

(Portrait: Israeli’s most famous 1916 portrait of Ippy and Gertie)