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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)
Catalogue entry
Martin P. Bühler; © Kunstmuseum Basel - Martin P. Bühler
FWN 3005-45a
D'après l'antique: Orateur romain (Statue de Marcellus)
1887–90
Alternate titles: After the antique statue "Roman Orator" ('Germanicus"); After the antique statue of a Roman orator; Studie nach antiker Statue: Römischer Redner
Chappuis (993); Venturi (1383)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLV from the BS II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (12.3 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1935)
Exhibition History
1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 182, ill. p. 285, as Studie nach antiker Statue: Römischer Redner, 1887-1890, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 92, ill., p. 95.1988d New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 148, ill. p. 114.1994 Munich
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 12, ill.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 131, ill.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 78, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1383, ill. vol. II, as "Page XLV".Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 31, ill.Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 146, ill.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 993, ill., as After the antique statue of a Roman orator.Fuchs 1983
Fuchs, Werner. Die Skulptur der Griechen. München: Hirmer, 1983, no. 73, pp. 80, 584.Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 82, ill.Bach 2000
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 73, fig. 19, as After the antique statue "Roman Orator" ('Germanicus"), Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Kupferstichkabinett, Basel.Notes
The Roman nobleman represents Mercury, the god of messages and eloquence.
Roman, c. 20 BC, Statue funéraire et honorifique de Marcellus formerly known as Germanicus, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Hervé Lewandowski; © 1996 RMN
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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 l'antique: Orateur romain (Statue de Marcellus), 1887–90 (FWN 3005-45a), p. XLV from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2682&sketchbook=3005 (accessed on April 28, 2024).
