"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"
fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s
Jean Louis Forain
Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)
Drawings
"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property", fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon and brush and brown, gray and red wash, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 31.9 x 47.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.729
- Maker/Artist
- Forain, Jean Louis
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- black crayon and brush and brown, gray and red wash, heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 31.9 x 47.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; VERSO, along lower edge, in graphite: Après Douai - "Les troupes allemandes ont reçu l'ordre le plus formel d'épargner la propriété privée." [Solf.?] " Sans doute, l'ordre n'était / pas encore arrivé." ; lower right, in graphite: A2185
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1956.729
- Credit Line
- The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
- Exhibitions
- French Drawings from the Collection, CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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