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 3002-26a
D'après l'antique: Caracalla
c.1885
Alternate titles: Antique Bust of Caracalla; Buste de Caracalla; Etude du Buste de Caracalla
Rewald (W146); Chappuis: 1885–88
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. 26 from the EH I sketchbook
4 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (11.6 x 18.2 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Copier Créer: de Turner à Picasso: 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre, April 26–July 26, 1993, no. 64, ill., as Buste de Caracalla, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art; erroneously listed as no. 1203 in Chappuis 1973.
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 26.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 56, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 146, ill.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83 (Sketchbook I; page 26 recto), ill., as Antique Bust of Caracalla.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 592, no. 1414, ill. in color, as Etude du Buste de Caracalla, c. 1885.
Roman, 212 AD, L'empereur Caracalla, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Roman, 212 AD, L'empereur Caracalla, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia I (EH 1), 1882–90 (3002)
Sketchbook Philadelphia I (EH 1), 1882–90 (3002)
Notation on back endpaper "47 x 2", indicating the number of 47 recto and verso sheets. Some of these sheets have been removed.
The page numbers are written in Arabic numerals at the lower right corner of most of the recto pages in a soft bluish-gray pencil.
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Record last updated November 6, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'antique: Caracalla, c.1885 (FWN 3002-26a), p. 26 from the EH I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1124&sketchbook=3002 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
