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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 3017-11a
D'après Delacroix: Sardanapale
1866–67
Alternate titles: After Eugène Delacroix: Sardanapalus; Figures from 'The Death of Sardanapalus' and other sketches
Chappuis (141)
Graphite and black crayon on wove paper, page from the BSB sketchbook
7 x 9 7/16 in. (17.8 x 24 cm)
Provenance
    
          Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
                
          Wladimir Walter, Paris
                
          Theodor and Woty Werner, Munich;
                
          Private collection (1968)
                
          Sotheby's, London, June 20, 2007, no. 111, ill.
                
          Private collection;
                
          Christie's, New York, November 13, 2021, no. 599
                
          John Hollier, Gainesville;
                
          Sotheby's, New York, February 23–March 5, 2024, no. 1271
      Exhibition History
    1936g Paris
Galerie Quatre Chemins, Paris, Dessins et aquarelles de Cezanne, June 26–July 11, 1936, n.n.Published References
    Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 46, cat. no. 242, fig. 81.Reff 1966
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Hercules." The Art Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 1966), p. 40, note 74.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 141, ill., as After Eugène Delacroix: Sardanapalus.Lichtenstein 1975
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne's Copies and Variants after Delacroix." Apollo (London) 101, no. 156 (February 1975), fig. 12, p. 118, as Figures from 'The Death of Sardanapalus' and other sketches.Chédeville 2020
Chédeville, François. "A propos des 'Études à partir de peintures assyriennes.'" Société Cezanne, November 16, 2020.Record last updated February 29, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Delacroix: Sardanapale, 1866–67 (FWN 3017-11a), 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=1792&sketchbook=3017 (accessed on October 31, 2025).
 
	































































 
	
