The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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Adrien Didierjean; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 3013-12b
D'après Settignano: Buste de jeune garçon
c.1895–98
Alternate titles: After Donatello: St. John the Baptist; D'après Donatello: saint Jean Baptiste
Chappuis (1126): 1895–98
Graphite on wove paper, p. 12 verso from the ML sketchbook
5 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (13.2 x 21.6 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C III, p. 12 verso, pl. 150.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 92, ill. proposes Donatello's 'Bust of St. John the Baptist' as the model.
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 147, Appendix, cat. 92.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1126, ill., as After Donatello: St. John the Baptist.
Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 35, ill.
Notes
The sculpture was originally attributed to Donatello and the subject as St. John the Baptist. it has been reattributed to Desiderio da Settignano, unknown sitter.
Desiderio da Settignano, Head of a young boy, marble, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Cezanne copied a plaster cast of the work in the Musée de Sculpture comparée, Palais de Chaillot, Trocadero.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Paris II, 1888–92 (3013)
Sketchbook Paris II, 1888–92 (3013)
This sketchbook is intact and numbered on the "a" side in Arabic numerals. Several sheets are made of colored paper, most of them blank.
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current: D'après Settignano: Buste de jeune garçon, c.1895–98 (3013-12b)
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 Settignano: Buste de jeune garçon, c.1895–98 (FWN 3013-12b), p. 12 verso from the ML sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2818 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
