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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
At the Foot of Mount Sinai by politician and journalist Georges Clemenceau collects six short stories about the lives of Jewish characters in the Poland of his time. As he worked on the commission to illustrate the book, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec spent many hours sketching Russian and Polish Jews living in the Tournelle district in Paris, using them as inspiration for his depiction of Clemenceau’s characters, including the Jewish officer in the Russian army and the poor shopkeeper shown here. The book was written and released during France’s Dreyfus affair, a political controversy surrounding false accusations of treason and espionage against Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus. Clemenceau supported Dreyfus and, as editor of the newspaper L’Aurore (Dawn), published several articles defending him.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Au Pied du Sinaï
Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918) — Landscapes and St
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916) — Cover
Théâtre de L'Oeuvre|Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — Announcement
Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851) — Liber S
Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918) — Vue du Port de la
Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898) — The Chapel Saint-M
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Paul Dupont — Eros Vanquished
Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918) — Frontispiece de R
Félix Vallotton (Swiss French, 1865–1925) — The Jungfrau
Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868) — Etchings of Paris: Tit
Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943) — Cover
