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L'Incendie de Louvain

Auguste Louis Lepère

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a collection of six sketches. The top row has three sketches. The left one is in shades of gray and shows people in a town on fire. The middle sketch is in shades of gray and shows people running from a burning building. The right sketch is in black and white and shows a woman holding a child with a city on fire behind her. The bottom row has three sketches. The left one is in black and white and shows people in front of a burning building. The middle sketch is in shades of gray and shows people running from a burning building. The right sketch is in shades of gray and shows people running with a horse. The sketches appear to depict the Louvain fire. The artist's style is detailed and expressive, with bold lines.

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900 × 772 px
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