The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 3015-52b
D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo
1881–84
Alternate titles: After the antique: Venus of Milo; Studie nach der Venus von Milo im Louvre
Chappuis (635); Venturi (1315)
Graphite on wove paper, p. LII verso from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Albertina, Vienna, Meisterwerke aus Frankreichs Museen: Zeichnungen französischer Künstler vom Ausgang des Mittelalters bis Cézanne, Autumn 1950, no. 254, as Studie nach der Venus von Milo im Louvre.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1315, ill. vol. II, as "Page LII v."
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 51, cat. no. 11, fig. 112.
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 84, ill. vol. 2, 1882-83.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 635, ill., as After the antique: Venus of Milo.
Causey, Faya. "Cézanne and Antiquity." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 5.
Greek, c. 100 BC, Aphrodite, dite Vénus de Milo (The Venus of Milo), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
This sketchbook is bound and the page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the "a" (recto) side of the sheet at bottom right. The notation "LIIIIx2" on the inside back cover indicates that the sketchbook originally contained fifty-four sheets. However, pages XLI to XLVIII have since been removed.
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current: D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo, 1881–84 (3015-52b)
Record last updated June 5, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo, 1881–84 (FWN 3015-52b), p. LII verso from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2306&sketchbook=3015 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
