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 2269
D'après Rubens: trois naïades
1876–79
Alternate titles: After Rubens: three Naiads; Copie d'après Rubens; D'après Rubens; Studie nach Rubens: Drei Najaden; Trois Naïades d'après Le Débarquement de Marie de Médicis de Rubens; Trois naïades, d'après Rubens
Chappuis (455); Venturi (1625): 1879–82
Graphite on paper
12 3/16 x 17 3/4 in. (31 x 45 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 164, as Copie d'après Rubens, c. 1895-97, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris (erroneously listed in Chappuis 1973 as no. 154 in this exhibition).
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cent-cinquante ans de dessin: 1800-1950, December 20, 1952, no. 19, as D'après Rubens.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 67, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 162, ill. p. 262, as Studie nach Rubens: Drei Najaden, 1877-1880, lent by Private collection.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Copier Créer: de Turner à Picasso: 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre, April 26–July 26, 1993, no. 51, ill., as Trois Naïades d'après Le Débarquement de Marie de Médicis de Rubens, lent by Mme M. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 32, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1625, ill. vol. II, as D'après Rubens.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 6, c. 1882.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 6.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 16, 50, 51, cat. no. 214, fig. 103.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 10, ill.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, no. 67, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 455, ill., as After Rubens: three Naiads.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 290, no. 105, ill.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 596, no. 1421, ill. in color, as Trois naïades, d'après Rubens, 1876-1879.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 6.
Record last updated September 9, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Rubens: trois naïades, 1876–79 (FWN 2269)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2115 (accessed on January 25, 2025).
