The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 3000-05a
D'après Delacroix: Daniel
c.1890
Alternate titles: After E. Delacroix: Daniel; Daniel; Skizze nach Delacroix' Daniel in der Löwengrube; Studie nach Delacroix: Daniel in der Löwengrube
Chappuis (992)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 5 from the CVM sketchbook
4 5/16 x 2 11/16 in. (10.9 x 6.8 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 187, ill. p. 290, as Studie nach Delacroix: Daniel in der Löwengrube, c. 1890, lent by Private collection, Stuttgart.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012, listed p. 283, ill. p. 64 left, as Skizze nach Delacroix' Daniel in der Löwengrube, listed as p. 10 verso of the Sketchbook Violet Moiré; lent by Private collection.
Published References
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 159.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Carnet violet-moiré." The Burlington Magazine 107, no. 747 (June 1965), fig. 42, p. 315, as p. IX verso of sketchbook.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 992, ill., as After E. Delacroix: Daniel.
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne's Copies and Variants after Delacroix." Apollo (London) 101, no. 156 (February 1975), fig. 33, p. 125, as Daniel.
Notes
Chappuis noted (1973, p. 230) that a lithograph was made by Jules Laurens after the Delacroix painting. It is possible that Cezanne drew from a second version of Daniel painted in 1853 (Robaut 1213).
Eugène Delacroix, Daniel dans la fosse aux lions (Daniel in the Lion's Den), oil o canvas, Musée Fabre, Montpellier.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Violet Moiré (CVM), c.1890–94 (3000)
Sketchbook Violet Moiré (CVM), c.1890–94 (3000)
The pages in this sketchbook have been assigned different numbers over the years. We have adopted a numbering system reflecting the pages as they are currently bound.
A limited facsimile edition was published by the Paris bookseller Quatre-Chemins in 1955.
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Record last updated March 14, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Delacroix: Daniel, c.1890 (FWN 3000-05a), p. 5 from the CVM sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2681 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
