Catalogue entry

FWN 3010-42b

D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant

1875–78

Alternate titles: After Michelangelo: The Dying Slave; Esclave mourant, d'après Michel-Ange; Michelangelo's Dying Slave

Chappuis (375)

Graphite on wove paper, p. XLII verso from the EH II sketchbook

5 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- male nude(s) / homme(s) nu(s) »
Studies
After sculpture:
- Michelangelo »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Maurice Renou, Paris

Jean Poyet, Lyon

Maurice Renou, Paris

Sam Salz, New York

Enid Haupt, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, Palm Springs;

Philadelphia Museum of Art (1987)

Exhibition History

2012–13 Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 73, ill.

Published References

Rewald 1951

Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C IV, p. XLII verso, pl. 124.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 61, ill.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 375, ill., as After Michelangelo: The Dying Slave.

Shoemaker and Reff 1989

Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 218 (Sketchbook II; page XLII verso), ill., as Michelangelo's Dying Slave.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 304, no. 222, ill. 1875-78.

Chédeville 2018

Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Esclave mourant, d'après Michel-Ange, 1875–77.

D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant, 1875–78 (FWN 3010-42b). Michelangelo, Captif (

Michelangelo, Captif ("l'Esclave mourant") (Dying Slave), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Related work

Record last updated July 30, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant, 1875–78 (FWN 3010-42b), p. XLII verso from the EH II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2033 (accessed on April 20, 2024).