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 2110
D'après Sebastiano del Piombo: Le Christ aux limbes
c.1869
Alternate titles: After Sebastiano del Piombo: Christ in limbo; Christus, Studie nach Sebastiano del Piombo; Copy after Sebastiano del Piombo's 'Christ in Limbo'; Kopie nach Sebastian del Piombo, Christus in der Vorhölle; Studie nach Sebastiano del Piombo: Christus in der Vorhölle
Chappuis (214): 1869–70
Graphite on laid paper
9 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (23.7 x 10.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Künstlerkopien, September 18–October 17, 1937, no. 196, as Kopie nach Sebastian del Piombo, Christus in der Vorhölle, for sale.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 10, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 152, as After Sebastiano del Piombo: Christ in limbo, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 156, ill. p. 255, as Studie nach Sebastiano del Piombo: Christus in der Vorhölle, 1869-1870, lent by Private collection.
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Zeichnen ist Sehen. Meisterwerke von Ingres bis Cézanne aus dem Museum der Bildenden Künste in Budapest und aus Schweizer Sammlungen, March 29–June 2, 1996, no. 86, ill., as Christus, Studie nach Sebastiano del Piombo, 1867-1896, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, July 5–September 8, 1996.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 34, ill. lent by Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Collection Pierre Loeb).
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 285.
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 148, Appendix, cat. 285, fig. 2, as Copy after Sebastiano del Piombo's 'Christ in Limbo'.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 214, ill., as After Sebastiano del Piombo: Christ in limbo.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.
Strinati, Claudio M. Sebastiano del Piombo 1485-1547. Rome: F. Motta, 2008. Exhibition catalogue, no. 31, ill. p. 168-69.
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 111 p. 125 (fig. 110 model p. 124).
Record 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. "D'après Sebastiano del Piombo: Le Christ aux limbes, c.1869 (FWN 2110)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1867 (accessed on March 17, 2025).
