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Catalogue entry

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)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1935)
Exhibition History
1935 Basel
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.
1937 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Künstlerkopien, September 18–October 17, 1937, no. 201, as Kopie nach einer römischen Sokrates-Büste, Kunstmuseum, Basel.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 95, c. 1882.
1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 68, ill., p. 77.
1988d New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 147, ill. p. 78.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
2008 Humlebæk
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.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 126, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1372, ill. vol. II, as "Page XXXVII".
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 48, 51, cat. no. 87, fig. 105.
Chappuis 1962
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 1973
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 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 45, ill.
D'après B. da Maiano: Pietro Mellini, 1881–84 (FWN 3005-37a). 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.
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.
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 April 20, 2024).