The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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FWN 3008-08a
D'après Raphaël: Vénus et Psyché
1877–80
Alternate titles: After Raphael: Venus and Psyche; Studie nach Raphael: Venus und Psyche; Vénus
Chappuis (480); Venturi (1284)
Graphite on wove paper, p. VIII from the CP II sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. (12.5 x 21.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 60, as Vénus, lent by Adrien Chappuis.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 154, ill. p. 253, as Studie nach Raphael: Venus und Psyche, 1877-1880, lent by Private collection, France.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1284, ill. vol. II, as "Page VIII".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 50, cat. no. 264, fig. 93.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 480, ill.
Raphael, Psyché présentant à Vénus l'eau du Styx or Psyché présentant à Vénus le cadeau de Proserpine (Venus receiving rom Psyche the flask containing water from the Styx), sanguine, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: S. Nagy; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)
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.
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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 Raphaël: Vénus et Psyché, 1877–80 (FWN 3008-08a), p. VIII 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=2143 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
