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Catalogue entry

FWN 3007-31b
D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant
1884–87
Alternate titles: After Michelangelo: a slave; Dessin d'après un Esclave de Michel-Ange; L'Esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange; Studie nach dem gefesselten Sklaven des Michelangeo
Chappuis (678); Venturi (1415)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXI verso from the BS III sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 1/8 in. (12.5 x 20.7 cm)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (Gift of Martha and Robert von Hirsch)

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Robert von Hirsch, Frankfurt and Basel;
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1977)
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 166, as Studie nach dem gefesselten Sklaven des Michelangeo, c. 1885, lent by Robert von Hirsch, Basel.
1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 148, ill., p. 136.
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. 84.
1994 Munich
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 4, ill.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 201, ill.
Published References
Rewald 1935
Rewald, John. "Cézanne au Louvre." L'Amour de l'art 16, no. 8 (October 1935), ill. p. 284, with photograph of model.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1415, ill. vol. II, as "Page XIII".
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 64, fig. 122.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 678, ill., as After Michelangelo: a slave.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 235, ill., as Dessin d'après un Esclave de Michel-Ange, 1884-1887.
Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 48, ill.
Cuzin et al. 1993
Cuzin, Jean Pierre et al. Copier créer: de Turner à Picasso: 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 126, fig. 69a, as L'Esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange.
Seger 2017
Seger, Annegret. "The Reconstruction of the Basel Sketchbooks of Paul Cézanne." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 234, fig. 3 (detail).
D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant, 1884–87 (FWN 3007-31b). Michelangelo, Captif (
Michelangelo, Captif ("l'Esclave mourant") (Dying Slave), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant, 1884–87 (FWN 3007-31b). Michelangelo, Captif (
Michelangelo, Captif ("l'Esclave mourant") (Dying Slave), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Raphaël Chipault; © 2010 Musée du Louvre

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Record last updated August 27, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave mourant, 1884–87 (FWN 3007-31b), p. XXXI verso from the BS III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2350 (accessed on April 24, 2024).