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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
Adrien Didierjean; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 3013-03a
D'après l'antique: Vénus accroupie
1894–97
Alternate titles: After the antique: Crouching Venus; Hockende Venus. Studie nach der Antike
Chappuis (1100)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 3 from the ML sketchbook
5 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (13.2 x 21.6 cm)
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
Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C III, p. 3.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 34, cat. no. 23, ill.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1100, ill., as After the antique: Crouching Venus.Tobien 1981
Tobien, Felicitas. Paul Cézanne. Ramerding: Berghaus, 1981, ill. p. 31, as Hockende Venus. Studie nach der Antike, 1894-97.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 158, ill.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 132, ill.
Roman Imperial Periode (1st - 2nd century AD) after a Greek original, 3rd -2nd century BC, Aphrodite accroupie dit Vénus de Vienne, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Jastrow
Roman Imperial Periode (1st - 2nd century AD) after a Greek original, 3rd century BC, Aphrodite accroupie, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
In Cezanne's day, the head and right arm of this statue had been restored and are copied here. The additions were later removed.
Photo: © Musée du Louvre
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Record last updated September 30, 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: Vénus accroupie, 1894–97 (FWN 3013-03a), p. 3 from the ML sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2791&sketchbook=3013 (accessed on May 8, 2024).
