The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 25, 2026

"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"

fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

Jean Louis Forain

(French, 1852–1931)
France, late 19th-early 20th Century
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 Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.729
Location: Not on view
  • French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
    CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).
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