Catalogue entry

Adrien Didierjean; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)

FWN 3013-04a

D'après l'antique: Aphrodite et Eros

1892–95

Alternate titles: After the antique: Aphrodite and Eros; Aktstudie nach der Antike

Chappuis (1043)

Graphite on wove paper, p. 4 from the ML sketchbook

5 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (13.2 x 21.6 cm)

Musée d'Orsay, held in the Musée du Louvre, département des arts graphiques, Paris (RF29933,5)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Eros »
- Vénus »
Studies
After sculpture:
- after the Antique »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Maurice Renou, Paris

Jean Poyet, Lyon

Maurice Renou, Paris

Sam Salz, New York;

Musée du Louvre, Paris (Gift of Sam Salz, 1951);

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Published References

Bouchot-Saupique 1951

Bouchot-Saupique, Jacqueline. "Un carnet de croquis de Cézanne." La Revue des arts (Paris) IV (December 1951), fig. 6 p. 245.

Rewald 1951

Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C III, p. 4.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 55, cat. no. 25, fig. 149.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1043, ill., as After the antique: Aphrodite and Eros.

Tobien 1981

Tobien, Felicitas. Paul Cézanne. Ramerding: Berghaus, 1981, ill. p. 30, as Aktstudie nach der Antike, 1892.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 166, ill.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 135, ill.

Roman 1st - 2nd century AD, Aphrodite du type du Capitole, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Photo: Jastrow

Related work

Record last updated August 10, 2020. 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: Aphrodite et Eros, 1892–95 (FWN 3013-04a), p. 4 from the ML sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2732 (accessed on May 1, 2025).