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 3008-47a
D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo
c.1872–73
Alternate titles: After the antique: Venus of Milo; Vénus de Milon, d'après l'antique
Chappuis (308); Venturi (1296)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLVII from the CP II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 7/16 in. (12.4 x 21.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 11, ill. lent by Musée d'art classique, Mougins.
Published References
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 8 p. 31.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1296, ill. vol. II, as "Page XLVII".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 48, 49, cat. no. 12, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 308, ill.
Simms, Matthew. "Cézanne, Drawing, and the Past." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 2.
Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Vénus de Milon, d'après l'antique, 1871–72.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
The sketchbook originally contained 50 sheets; the pages are numbered on the "a" side at lower right in Roman numerals.
At the time of Chappuis' purchase from Paul Guillaume, the sketchbook was incomplete and a number of pages already dispersed and are still missing.
Record last updated October 1, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo, c.1872–73 (FWN 3008-47a), p. XLVII from the CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1964 (accessed on February 8, 2025).