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The Client by Jean Louis Forain

The Client

Jean Louis Forain · 1852

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DETAILS
Artist
Jean Louis Forain
Date
1852
Medium
black, brown, and white chalk
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
France, late 19th-early 20th Century
Credit line
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
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THE ARTIST

Jean Louis Forain

Jean-Louis Forain, a master caricaturist of the Belle Époque, captured Parisian life with a biting wit, from ballet dancers to courtroom dramas.

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