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© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 3006-04a
D'après Delacroix: allégorie d'un fleuve
1878–81
Alternate titles: After Delacroix: Allegorical figure of a river; D'après Delacroix: Figure de Fleuve; Dieu-fleuve, d'après Delacroix; River-god from the Ceiling of Apollo
Chappuis (494)
Graphite on wove paper, p. IIII from the AIC sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.7 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Maurice Renou, Paris
Jean Poyet, Lyon
Maurice Renou, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
The Art Institute of Chicago
Published References
Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C II, p. IIII, pl. 142.
Schniewind 1951
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text p. 26, ill.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 35, 50, cat. no. 240, fig. 101.
Selearte 1961
Selearte 52 (July-Aug. 1961), fig. 10.
Andersen 1962
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Sketchbook in the Art Institute of Chicago." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), fig. 22b.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 494, ill., as After Delacroix: Allegorical figure of a river.
Lichtenstein 1975
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne's Copies and Variants after Delacroix." Apollo (London) 101, no. 156 (February 1975), fig. 20, p. 121, as River-god from the Ceiling of Apollo.
Ballas 1980
Ballas, Guila. "Cézanne et la Galerie d'Apollon au Louvre." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français (1980), p. 264, fig. 20, as D'après Delacroix: Figure de Fleuve.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 120, ill.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 12e p. 30, p. 303, no. 219, ill. 1878-81.
Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 597, no. 1424, ill. in color, as Dieu-fleuve, d'après Delacroix, 1878-1881.
Notes

Copy of the figure of a River from the Ceiling of Apollo by Eugène Delacroix in the Louvre.

D'après Delacroix: allégorie d'un fleuve, 1878–81 (FWN 3006-04a). Eugène Delacroix, Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (Apollo killing the Python snake) central panel of the ceiling of the Galerie d'Apollon, Musée du Louvre.
Eugène Delacroix, Apollon vainqueur du serpent Python (Apollo killing the Python snake) central panel of the ceiling of the Galerie d'Apollon, Musée du Louvre.

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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 Delacroix: allégorie d'un fleuve, 1878–81 (FWN 3006-04a), p. IIII from the AIC sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2160 (accessed on April 23, 2024).