[Copperplate] DELAUNOIS, Alfred German cavalry in Leuven. Galvanized copperplate, x cm, unsigned (min. rust stains, edges plate affected by galvanisation process). In this etching Delaunois portrays a group of German cavalrymen during their raid on the city of Leuven. After a few days of occupation, on August the Leuven city center was destroyed by German troops. Many civilian houses and historic buildings went up in flames. A preliminary sketch at the M Museum and a print at KBR are consultable for comparison. Delaunois (1875-received his education at the Academies of Brussels and Leuven, where Constantin Meunier was his teacher.
[Copperplate] DELAUNOIS, Alfred German cavalry in Leuven. Galvanized copperplate, x cm, unsigned (min. rust stains, edges plate affected by galvanisation process). In this etching Delaunois portrays a group of German cavalrymen during their raid on the city of Leuven. After a few days of occupation, on August the Leuven city center was destroyed by German troops. Many civilian houses and historic buildings went up in flames. A preliminary sketch at the M Museum and a print at KBR are consultable for comparison. Delaunois (1875-received his education at the Academies of Brussels and Leuven, where Constantin Meunier was his teacher.
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