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 2160
L'Amour en plâtre
c.1890
Alternate titles: After the Cupid attributed to Puget; Copie nach dem Amor des Puget; Copy after L'Amour en plâtre; L'Amour de Puget; L'Amour, d'après Puget; Skizze nach einem Armor von Puget; Studie nach Nicolas Coustou (?): Stehender Putto
Venturi (1461): 1888–95; Chappuis (986): 1886–89
Graphite on paper
19 x 12 3/16 in. (48.2 x 31 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 3.
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, February 18–April 2, 1934, no. 10.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 143, as Copie nach dem Amor des Puget, c. 1885, lent by F. Koenigs, Haarlem.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Musée Boymans de Rotterdam: dessins du XVe au XIXe siècle, February 20–April 20, 1952, no. 142, as L'Amour de Puget, 1888-95.
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europäische Meister, 1790–1910, June 12–July 24, 1955, no. 225, as L'Amour, d'après Puget, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 124, ill. 1888-95, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 141, ill. 1888/95, lent by Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 32, pl. 81, as Skizze nach einem Armor von Puget, 1888-95, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 59, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 163, as Copy after L'Amour en plâtre, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; shown in London only. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 178, ill. p. 280, as Studie nach Nicolas Coustou (?): Stehender Putto, 1886-1889, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 8, ill., p. 27, as L'Amour en plâtre, lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 237, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Published References
Denis, Maurice. "Le dessin de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 2 (February 1924), ill. p. 37, as Dessin (Coll. Bernheim-Jeune).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1461, ill. vol. II, as L'Amour de Puget.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 21, cat. no. 131, ill.
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 16, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 986, ill., as After the Cupid attributed to Puget.
Adriani, Götz. "Paul Cézanne 1839-1906 - Das zeichnerische Werk." Die Kunst und das schöne Heim 12 (1978), p. 728, ill., as Studie nach Nicolas Coustou (?): Stehender Putto.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 197, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 433, ill.
Record last updated March 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Amour en plâtre, c.1890 (FWN 2160)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2674 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
