The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 3006-11b
D'après Pisanello et Leonardo da Vinci: tête d'un mulet et profil d'un enfant
1878–81
Alternate title: After Pisanello and Leonardo da Vinci: Head of a mule and profile of a child
Chappuis (491)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XI verso from the AIC sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.7 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C II, p. XI verso.
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text pp. 27-28, ill.
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 148, Appendix, add. 3.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Sketchbook in the Art Institute of Chicago." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962).
Chappuis, Adrien. "Cézanne dessinateur: copies et ilustrations." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 66, periode 6 (November 1965), fig. 1.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 491, ill., as After Pisanello and Leonardo da Vinci: Head of a mule and profile of a child.
Notes
The head of a mule is based on a drawing by Pisanello, the profile of a boy on a drawing by Boltraffio. Both drawings were formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Cezanne copied them after reproductions of wood engravings published in Le Magasin pittoresque. The models of the sketches were first identified by Robert Ratcliffe.
Antonio Pisanello, Mulet harnaché, de profil vers la gauche, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Michèle Bellot; © RMN-Grand Palais
Le Magasin pittoresque, 1858, p. 12.
Photo: © gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque national de France
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Profil d'enfant tourné vers la gauche, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre)
Le Magasin pittoresque, 1858, p. 13.
Photo: © gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque national de France
Additional material / links
- da Vinci head of a child (gallica.bnf.fr)
- Pisanello head of a mule (gallica.bnf.fr)
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
The sketchbook is currently bound and contains 50 sheets, indicated by the notation "Lx2" on the back endpaper. Several pages were removed and sold separately.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the 'a" side of the sheet at the bottom right.
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Record last updated August 10, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Pisanello et Leonardo da Vinci: tête d'un mulet et profil d'un enfant, 1878–81 (FWN 3006-11b), p. XI verso from the AIC sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2157 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
