Catalogue entry

FWN 611

La Tentation de saint Antoine

c.1870

Alternate titles: Akte; Die Versuchung des heiligen Antonius; Die Versuchung des hl. Antonius; La tentación de San Antonio; Mythologische Szene; Tentation de saint Antoine; The Temptation of St. Anthony; Versuchung des heiligen Antonius

Rewald (167): c.1870; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (103): 1867–69; Rivière: 1870; Gowing: c.1869 and 1870 (Burlington)

Oil on canvas

22 3/8 x 29 7/8 in. (57 x 76 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3351, peinture à l'huile; Tentation de St. Antoine. Le saint est assaillé par une femme nue; à côté 3 autres femmes nues (manière noire), 57 x 76 cm (200 frs)

Vollard B stockbook: no. 3782, Tentation de St. Antoine, 57 x 76 cm (200 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 294, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1873

Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zurich

Keywords

Figure compositions:
- figure(s) in landscape or figure composition »
Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female nude(s) / femme nue(s) »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Auguste Pellerin, Paris (Dec. 1904)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (by 1912)

Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1938)

Michael Stewart, London (1952)

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (1952)

Pinakos, Inc. (Rudolf Heinemann), New York, and Knoedler Galleries, New York (Summer 1955)

Emil Georg Bührle, Zurich (Mar. 27, 1956);

Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zurich (1960);

Exhibition History

1899b Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899, no. 31, as La Tentation de saint Antoine, described in Guyon-Verax review.

1912 Vienna

Galerie Miethke, Dorotheergasse 11, Vienna, Französische Meister, January 19–February 1912, no. 22, as Versuchung des heiligen Antonius, lent by Vollard.

1912 Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, Die klassische Malerei Frankreichs im 19. Jahrhundert: ein Überblick über die Entwicklung der modernen französischen Malerei in ausgewählten Werken der führenden Meister, July 18–September 30, 1912, no. 6, as Mythologische Szene, lent by Vollard, for sale.

1917 Zurich

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 18, as La Tentation de saint Antoine, lent by A.K[ann].

1936 Basel

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 5, as Die Versuchung des hl. Antonius, 1867, lent by Alphonse Kann, St. Germain-en-Laye.

1938b Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 2, ill., as La Tentation de saint Antoine, lent by A. Kann.

1953c Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 8, pl. XXVII, as Tentation de saint Antoine, c. 1867-1869, lent by Private collection, England.

1954 Edinburgh and traveling

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 5, as La Tentation de saint Antoine, c. 1869, lent by anonymous. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.

1956 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 204, lent by Bührle.

1958 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, June 8–September 30, 1958, no. 214, pl. 61.

1958–59 Munich

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Hauptwerke der Sammlung E.G. Bührle, December 1958–February 1959, no. 12.

1961 Edinburgh and traveling

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, August 19–September 17, 1961, no. 30. Traveled to: National Gallery, London, 1961.

1988–89a London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 50, ill. 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.

1999–2000 Riehen/Basel

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 4, ill., p. 31, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

2005 Tübingen

Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Bordell und Boudoir. Schauplätze der Moderne: Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, January 22–May 22, 2005, no. 15, ill., ill. pp. 76-77, as Die Versuchung des hl. Antonius, c. 1870.

2011–12 Paris

Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 43, ill., p. 89, as La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1870, lent by Bührle Foundation.

2017 Martigny

Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 81, ill. lent by Fondation Collection E.G. Bührle, Zurich.

2019b Paris

Musée Maillol, Paris, La collection Emil Bührle, March 20–July 21, 2019, no. 14, ill., as La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1868.

Published References

Gebhardt 1912

Gebhardt, Karl. "Die Ausstellung klassischer französischer Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts im Frankfurter Kunstverein." Die Kunst für Alle 28, no. 3 (November 1, 1912), p. 70, as Akte.

Stern 1912

Stern, Friederich. "Feuilleton: Kunstdämmerung." Neues Wiener Tagblatt (Tages-Ausgabe) (January 26, 1912), p. 3, as Versuchung des heiligen Antonius.

Hausenstein 1914

Hausenstein, Wilhelm. Die bildende Kunst der Gegenwart. Berlin: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1914, ill. opp. 97.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pls. 6 and 47, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Meier-Graefe 1918a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 97.

Meier-Graefe 1922

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 111, as Die Versuchung des hl. Antonius, dated 1870.

Lehel 1923

Lehel, Ferenc. Cézanne. Budapest: Amicus Kiadasa, 1923, pl. 3.

Meier-Graefe 1923

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 21.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, listed.

Meier-Graefe 1924

Arishima 1925

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Larguier 1925

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Rintelen 1927

Rintelen, Friedrich. "Paul Cézanne's geschichtliche Stellung." In Reden und Aufsätze. Basel: Schwabe, 1927, p. 155, mentioned.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XIII.

Gasquet 1928

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 4], as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Fry 1929

Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 132, ill.

Venturi 1935b

Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 299, fig. 3.

Di San Lazzaro 1936

Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 49.

Sterling 1936

Sterling, Charles. "Cézanne et les maîtres d'autrefois." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 8, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

D'Ors 1936a

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 49.

Huyghe 1936b

Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 44 p. 168, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 103, ill. vol. II, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Schenck 1937

Schenck, Edgar. "Girl with Her Doll." Bulletin of the Honolulu Academy of Arts 5, no. 1 (March 1937), fig. 1.

Schildt 1946

Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 18.

Seznec 1947

Seznec, Jean. "The Temptation of St. Anthony in Art." Magazine of Art 40 (March 1947), p. 91, ill.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 13, listed p. 143.

Jedlicka 1948

Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 6, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Beucken 1955

Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 89.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 35, 36.

Lapp 1958

Lapp, John C. "Zola et 'La Tentation de Saint Antoine.'" Revue des Sciences Humaines 92 (October–December 1958), pp. 513–18.

Cogniat 1959

Cogniat, Raymond. Le Siècle des impressionnistes. Paris: Flammarion, 1959, p. 78.

Reff 1959

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Novotny 1961

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 4.

Reff 1962b

Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne, Flaubert, St. Anthony, and the Queen of Sheba." The Art Bulletin 44, no. 2 (June 1962), fig. 1.

Reff 1966

Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Hercules." The Art Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 1966), p. 40, fig. 9.

Murphy 1968

Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 25.

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 3.

Malevich 1971

Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich. Essays on Art, 1915–33. New York: G. Wittenborn, 1971, pp. 19–30, 116, fig. 3.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 44, ill.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 8.

Perucchi-Petri 1975

Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "War Cézanne Impressionist? Die Begegnung zwischen Cézanne und Pissarro." Du 35, no. 9 (September 1975), p. 51, ill.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 20.

Reff 1977c

Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 18, ill.

Embiricos 1978

Embiricos, Georges A. "Cézanne et la répétition." Connaissance des Arts, no. 315 (May 1978), p. 72, ill.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 19, ill. and p. 21 (detail).

Adriani 1980

Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, p. 56, pl. 8.

Krumrine 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 118, fig. 10.

Ponente 1980

Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 3.

Ponente 1981

Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, pl. 1.

Harris 1982

Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 23, ill. in color.

Bernard, B. 1986

Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 239, ill.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 57, ill. in color.

Du 1989

"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 29, ill.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 33, ill.

Lewis 1989

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, pp. 183–92, 200, pl. XII.

Wadley 1989

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 27, ill. in color.

Krumrine 1989b

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 26 p. 51.

Paas 1990

Paas Sigrun. "Betrachtungen zu Blau in der Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts." In Blau: Farbe der Ferne, Hans Gercke (editor). Heidelberg: Das Wunderhorn, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 161-163, as Die Versuchung des hl. Antonius.

Naubert-Riser 1992

Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 55.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 37, fig. 23.

Bozal 1995

Bozal, Valeriano. "Paul Cézanne: la mirada es le leguaje." La Balsa de la Medusa (Madrid) 36 (1995), p. 90, ill. p. 89, as La tentación de San Antonio.

Cachin and Rishel 1995

Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 156, fig. 1.

Clark 1995

Clark, T.J. "Freud's Cézanne." Representations, no. 52 (Autumn 1995), fig. 7.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 31.

Rewald 1996

Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 167, ill. vol. 2, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 78, fig. 42.

Platzman 2001

Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 116, 118-19, 200, fig. 29, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 4a p. 16, p. 309, no. 254, ill., as La Tentation de saint Antoine, c. 1869.

Mori 2002

Mori, Gioia. "'La letteratura si esprime con astrazioni mentre il pittore concretizza.' Gli scrittori di Cézanne: Zola, Balzac e Flaubert." In Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni. Milan: Mazzotta, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 86.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 66, fig. 2.12, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Gloor and Goldin 2004

Gloor, Lukas and Marco Goldin, eds. Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bühle Zürich, Katalog III. Conegliano and Zurich: Linea d'ombra Libri and Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, 2004, pl. 110.

Tosini 2005

Tosini, Aurora Scotti. "Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)." In Cézanne, Renoir. Milan: Skira, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 48, ill.

Baumann 2008

Baumann, Felix A. "One of the Greatest of All Time!" In Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 85–86, fig. 6, as The Temptation of St. Anthony.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 29; vol. 2, p. 43, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Kienle 2009

Kienle, Anabelle. "Cézanne and Beckmann: 'A Powerful New Pictorial Architecture.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 312, fig. 11.5, as The Temptation of St. Anthony, dated 1867-70.

Chiappini 2011

Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 24, fig. 6.

Coutagne 2011b

Coutagne, Denis. "Le Femme exposée." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 89, ill., as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

Coutagne 2011d

Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 180, fig. 122.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 224, pl. 105.

Etgar 2021

Etgar, Yuval. "Die Werke Paul Cézannes: eingenommen von Blickbezügen." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, pp. 398-399, ill. p. 403, as Die Versuchung des heiligen Antonius.

Gloor 2021

Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 282, no. 506, fig. 506 p. 283, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Tentation de saint Antoine, c.1870 (FWN 611)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=175 (accessed on April 19, 2024).