Catalogue entry

FWN 3008-12a

D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo

1873–75

Alternate titles: After the antique: Venus of Milo; Vénus de Milon, d'après l'antique

Venturi (1285); Chappuis (309): 1873–75

Graphite on wove paper, p. XII from the CP II sketchbook

4 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. (12.5 x 21.7 cm)

Private collection

Keywords

Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Vénus »
Studies
After sculpture:
- after the Antique »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Paul Guillaume, Paris

Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve (1934)

Chappuis-Barut Collection, Christie's, London, June 26, 2003, no. 330, leaf 1

Christie's, London, Feb. 9, 2006, no. 558, ill.

Private collection

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1285, ill. vol. II, as "Page XII".

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 48, 49, cat. no. 18, fig. 83.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 309, ill.

Chédeville 2018

Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Vénus de Milon, d'après l'antique, 1874–75.

Greek, c. 100 BC, Aphrodite, dite Vénus de Milo (The Venus of Milo), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Related work

Record last updated November 10, 2023. 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, 1873–75 (FWN 3008-12a), p. XII 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=1965 (accessed on April 23, 2024).