inside cover	no image available missing sheet, n.d. (3004-01a)
no image available missing sheet, n.d. (3004-01b)	Feuille d'études dont La Samaritaine, n.d. (3004-02a)
Le Christ et la Samaritaine, n.d. (3004-02b)	no image available missing sheets, n.d. (3004-03–16)
no image available missing sheet, n.d. (3004-16b)	Etudes, n.d. (3004-17a)
Feuille d'études, 1871–76 (3004-17b)	no image available missing sheets, n.d. (3004-18–20)
no image available missing sheet, n.d. (3004-20b)	blank page, n.d. (3004-21a (left)) Femme drapée assise, n.d. (3004-21a (right))
Feuille d'études dont une d'Achille Emperaire, ink, 1858–61; graphite, 1867–70 (3004-21b (left)) Scènes bibliques, n.d. (3004-22a)
Etude de femme en buste et un autre croquis, ink, 1857–60; graphite, 1864–67 (3004-22b)	missing sheet (3004-23a)
missing sheet (3004-23b)	Deux hommes et une danseuse, 1861–65 (3004-24a)
Etude pour La tentation de saint Antoine et d'un brigand tenant un tremblon, ink, 1857–58; graphite, 1869–72 (3004-24b)	missing sheets (3004-25–26a)
missing sheet (3004-26b)	Etude d'une scène de Tannhäuser, 1858–59 (3004-27a)
Etudes d'une scène de viol et d'une main, n.d. (3004-27b)	missing sheets (3004-28–30a)
missing sheet (3004-30b)	Etudes de plusieurs personnages, 1865–70 (3004-31a)
Feuille d'études de personnages, 1860–65 (3004-31b)	Etudes de personnages, c.1860–65 (3004-32a)
Saint Antoine, 1873–75 (3004-32b)	missing sheet (3004-33a)
missing sheet (3004-33b)	Etude de personnages, 1873–75 (3004-34a)
Saint Antoine, 1873–75 (3004-34b)	La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1873–75 (3004-36a)
Deux études, 1863–66; 1868–71 (3004-36b)	missing sheets (3004-37–38a)
missing sheet (3004-38b)	Etudes de personnages, n.d. (3004-39a)
Etudes de tête et des chats, n.d. (3004-39b)	missing sheets (3004-40–48a)
missing sheet (3004-48b)	Les Musiciens, 1867–69 (3004-49a)
Personnages devant des arches gothiques, portrait de Marie, sœur de l'artiste et buste d'homme, 1862–65 (3004-49b)	missing sheets (3004-50–52a)
missing sheet (3004-52b)	Scène fantastique, 1865–70 (3004-53a-TA)
Promenade, c.1859 (3004-53b-TA)
Feuille d'études avec têtes, 1867–72 (3004-x1a)
Etudes d'après l'Ecorché et de visage d'homme en profil, 1866–70 (3004-x1b)
Nu debout tenant une épée, 1865–70 (3004-x3a)
Homme à cheval et femme à la fenêtre, c.1868 (3004-x3b)
Chats, 1878–82 (3004-x4)

Catalogue entry

FWN 3004-22a

Scènes bibliques

1864–67

Alternate title: Page of studies: Biblical scenes

Chappuis (130)

Graphite and ink on wove paper, p. 22 from an early sketchbook

4 13/16 x 8 3/16 in. (12.2 x 20.8 cm)

Private collection

Keywords

Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Biblical »
Studies
Details:
- study (studies) / étude(s) »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris;

Maurice Renou, Paris (gift from Cezanne fils)

Private collection, Canada (c. 1960)

Christie's, New York, May 10, 2007, no. 121

Private collection

Published References

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 130, ill., as Page of studies: Biblical scenes.

Notes

The figures at right are derived from the Bible story of The Woman taken in Adultery (John 8). The figure at left is taken from the parable of The Prodigal Son (Luke 15), the father, seen here, welcoming back his son.

Record last updated August 5, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Scènes bibliques, 1864–67 (FWN 3004-22a), p. 22 from an early sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1781&sketchbook=3004 (accessed on May 5, 2024).