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)
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Venturi-Rewald Photo Archive, NGA Library
FWN 568-TA
La Visitation
c.1860
Alternate titles: Etude pour une scène religieuse; La Mère des sept-douleurs
Rewald (11): c.1860; Venturi revised: 1860–62; Venturi (15): 1860–62; Rivière: 1858
Oil on canvas
10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm)
at bottom: in red: La mère des 7 douleurs - Belzébuth
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 195, as La Mère des sept-douleurs.
Rivière, Georges. "Les premiers essais de Paul Cézanne." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 111 (August 1, 1929), p. 601, ill., as Etude pour une scène religieuse.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 15, ill. vol. II, as La Visitation.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 47, fig. 17.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 11, ill. vol. 2, as La Visitation.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 68, fig. 2.16, as La Visitation.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 16; vol. 2, p. 35, as La Visitation, ill. in B/W.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 310, fig. 142.
Notes
Venturi (1936) described the colors in the painting as: "ciel et paysage bleu-gris. Maison gris-brun; branche et feuilles de l'arbre vert-brun. Vêtements des personnages rouge-brique, sauf le manteau de la Vierge qui est noir. Tête de Belzébuth; cheveux noirs et flammes rouge. L'homme monté sur un âne est en gris."
Record last updated October 27, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Visitation, c.1860 (FWN 568-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=27 (accessed on April 30, 2025).
