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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 3017-03a
D'après Raphael: Vénus
1866–69
Alternate titles: After Raphael: Venus; Copie d'après Raphaël; Studie nach Raphael: Venus und Psyche; Venus; Venus after Raphael (Farnesina); Vénus d'après Raphaël; Venus, after Raphael
Chappuis (85); Venturi (1450): 1879–92
Graphite on wove paper, page from the BSB sketchbook
7 x 9 9/16 in. (17.8 x 24.2 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Walter and Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Amsterdam and Zurich (1937)
Private collection
Exhibition History
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 165, as Copie d'après Raphaël, c. 1897, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.1938 London
Matthiesen Gallery, London, A Century of French Drawings: from Prud'hon to Picasso, May 3–31, 1938, no. 23, as Vénus d'après Raphaël (for sale).1939e London
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 4, as Venus after Raphael (Farnesina), dated 1879–92, lent by Private collection.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 169.1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 92, c. 1880.1964 Kassel
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Documenta III, Internationale Ausstellung, Handzeichnungen, June 27–October 5, 1964, no. 7, ill.1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 7, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 149, as After Raphael: Venus, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 153, ill. p. 252, as Studie nach Raphael: Venus und Psyche, 1866-1869, lent by M. Feilchenfeldt, Zürich.1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 70, ill., as Vénus d'après Raphaël. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.2006–07 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as Venus, c. 1866/69, lent by Private collection.2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 32, ill. lent by Private collection.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 37, ill.Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 151, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1450, ill. vol. II, as Vénus d'après Raphaël.Reff 1956
Reff, Theodore. "Studies in Cézanne's Drawings." Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1956, p. 127.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 265, ill.Erpel 1958
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1958, no. 1.Dobai 1961
Dobai, Johannes. "Über das Verhältnis Cézannes zu seinen Vorbildern." Du 21 (May 1961), p. 13, ill.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 85, ill., as After Raphael: Venus.Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 600, no. 1431, ill. in color, as Vénus d'après Raphaël, c. 1885.Notes
The subject is taken from Apuleius in his <em>The Metamorphoses</em>, Book VI, Chapter XVI. The drawing by Raphael shows Psyche holding a transparent vase, not the pyxis containing the invisible gift from Prosperina. Instead Psyche is bringing back the crystalline urnul containing water from the river Styx.
Raphael, Psyché présentant à Vénus l'eau du Styx or Psyché présentant à Vénus le cadeau de Proserpine (Venus receiving rom Psyche the flask containing water from the Styx), sanguine, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: S. Nagy; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)
Record last updated January 13, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Raphael: Vénus, 1866–69 (FWN 3017-03a), page from the BSB sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1732 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
