The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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KunstmMartin P. Bühler; © Kunstmuseum Basel - Martin P. Bühler
FWN 3005-37a
D'après B. da Maiano: Pietro Mellini
1881–84
Alternate titles: After B. da Maiano: Pietro Mellini; Kopie nach einer römischen Sokrates-Büste; Pietro Mellini, d'après B. da Maiano; Studienkopf, nach der lysippischen Fassung der Sokratesbüste
Chappuis (555); Venturi (1372)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXVII from the BS II sketchbook
4 13/16 x 8 1/8 in. (12.2 x 20.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 198, as Studienkopf, nach der lysippischen Fassung der Sokratesbüste, lent by Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Künstlerkopien, September 18–October 17, 1937, no. 201, as Kopie nach einer römischen Sokrates-Büste, Kunstmuseum, Basel.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 95, c. 1882.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 68, ill., p. 77.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 147, ill. p. 78.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 82, ill. in color, p. 242, as Pietro Mellini, d'après B. da Maiano, 1881-1884, lent by Kunstmuseum, Basel. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 19, ill. p. 238, as D'après B. da Maiano: Pietro Mellini, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 126, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1372, ill. vol. II, as "Page XXXVII".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 48, 51, cat. no. 87, fig. 105.
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 113, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 555, ill., as After B. da Maiano: Pietro Mellini.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 45, ill.
Benedetto da Maiano, Bust of Pietro Mellini, marble, National Museum of Bargello, Florence. Cezanne copied a plaster cast that was on exhibit at the Musée de Sculpture comparée in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, Paris.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
This sketchbook originally contained at least fifty-two sheets, but was disbanded and dispersed in the 1930s. The Kunstmuseum Basel holds the largest group.
The sheets are numbered in Roman numerals at lower right on the "a" side.
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Record last updated August 19, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après B. da Maiano: Pietro Mellini, 1881–84 (FWN 3005-37a), p. XXXVII from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2224 (accessed on December 9, 2024).
