The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 3006-12b
D'après Leonardo da Vinci: tête d'enfant
1878–81
Alternate title: After Leonardo da Vinci: Child's head (fragment)
Chappuis (492)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XII verso from the AIC sketchbook (fragment)
4 x 4 7/8 in. (10.1 x 12.4 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. XII.
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text p. 28, ill.
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. 3.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 492, ill., as After Leonardo da Vinci: Child's head (fragment).
Notes
After a reproduction of a wood engraving published in Le Magazin pittoresque. The original drawing is in the Louvre's Cabinet des Dessins.
Leonardo da Vinci, Tête d'enfant de trois quarts à droite, 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
- Wood engraving after daVinci, Le Magazin Pittoresque, 1858, p. 13 (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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current: D'après Leonardo da Vinci: tête d'enfant, 1878–81 (3006-12b)
Record last updated January 7, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Leonardo da Vinci: tête d'enfant, 1878–81 (FWN 3006-12b), p. XII verso from the AIC sketchbook (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2158 (accessed on May 1, 2024).
