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Untitled (young boy with lace collar and toy rifle)
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About this work
This portrait of a boy holding a rifle suggests an association of masculinity with militarism in that era. Many French people wanted revenge for Prussia’s annexation of Alsace-Lorraine, territories that did not return to French control at the end of World War I in 1919. Looking at this portrait in hindsight, one might wonder if this boy served in the military or was a casualty during that war.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineUntitled (young boy with lace collar and toy rifle), 1880s–90s. Reutlinger Studios (French, active 1850s-1937). Gelatin silver print; image: 19.1 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Nina Rosenblum and Lisa Rosenblum, 2022.421
