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 2145-TA
D'après l'antique: Vénus de Milo
1883–87
Alternate titles: After the antique: Venus of Milo; Etude d'après la "Vénus de Milo" au Louvre; Studie nach antiker Statue: Venus von Milo; Venus von Milo, Oberkörper von links vorn gezeichnet
Chappuis (637): 1883–86
Graphite on paper
10 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (27 x 23 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. ?
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 101, c. 1890.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 46, as Etude d'après la "Vénus de Milo" au Louvre, 1887-1890, lent by Galerie Würthle, Vienna.
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Handzeichnungen französischer Meister des 19. Jarhunderts: von Delacroix bis Maillol, March 9, 1969, no. 29, pl. 69, as Venus von Milo, Oberkörper von links vorn gezeichnet, c. 1890.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 169, ill. p. 270, as Studie nach antiker Statue: Venus von Milo, 1883-1886, lent by Kunsthalle Bremen.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Collection Pierre Loeb).
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, fig. 38.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 14, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 637, ill., as After the antique: Venus of Milo.
Record last updated January 6, 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, 1883–87 (FWN 2145-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2308 (accessed on May 2, 2025).