The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 1854
Scène illustrant un récit romantique
1875–78
Alternate titles: Scène avec deux personnages, d'après un maître; Scène pour le Faust; Scène pour le Faust (d'après Delacroix)
Rewald (W63); Venturi revised: 1872–77; Venturi (868): c.1885
Graphite and watercolor on paper
19 5/16 x 12 3/16 in. (49 x 31 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 13, as Scène pour le Faust (d'après Delacroix), c. 1885.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 868, ill. vol. II, as Scène pour le Faust.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 149, Appendix, V. 868.
Reff, Theodore. "Letter to the Editor." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 3 (September 1964), p. 425.
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne and Delacroix." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 1 (March 1964), p. 56, note 6.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 63, ill.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 590, no. 1412, ill. in b/w p. 591, as Scène avec deux personnages, d'après un maître, c. 1885 ?
Notes
Venturi proposed that the work is a scene from Faust after Delacroix. Chappuis noted, however, that the watercolor may correspond to a scene in Chapter I (Le Talisman) from Balzac's novel Le Peau de Chagrin. Rewald, on the other hand, suggested that it "rather looks like a copy of some romantic illustration that has yet to be identified." (Rewald 1983, p. 100).
Record last updated February 12, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Scène illustrant un récit romantique, 1875–78 (FWN 1854)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1040 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
