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 3017-28a
Personnage volant et études d'architecture
1866–69
Alternate title: Flying figure and architectural studies
Chappuis (206); Venturi (1185): 1870–77
Graphite on wove paper, page from the BSB sketchbook
6 3/4 x 9 5/16 in. (17.2 x 23.6 cm)
Bears stamp of the Koenigs collection
Exhibition History
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 25, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1185, ill. vol. II.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 306, ill.
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 21, verso, ill. date 1866–70.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 206, ill., as Flying figure and architectural studies.
Notes
Hoetink suggests that this is a study from Veronese's painting Jupiter striking down Crime, a painting at the Louvre; Bertthold suggests an angel from The Circumcision by G.B. Trotti ("Il Malosso"), formerly in the Louvre.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook 18 x 24, 1861–80 (3017)
Sketchbook 18 x 24, 1861–80 (3017)
The sheets have been widely dispersed. Because there is no pagination, the FWN numbers have been assigned an arbitrary sequence and the pages listed individually.
Browse complete sketchbookRecord last updated July 15, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Personnage volant et études d'architecture, 1866–69 (FWN 3017-28a), 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=1859&sketchbook=3017 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
