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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Bodil Beckman; © Nationalmuseum
FWN 2178
D'après l'antique: Hermaphrodite endormi
1895–98
Alternate titles: After the antique: Sleeping Hermaphrodite; Hermaphrodite
Chappuis (1129); Venturi (1456): 1879–82
Graphite on laid paper
10 7/16 x 14 9/16 in. (26.5 x 37 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 31, ill., pp. 94– 95 (dated c. 1895–98).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1456, ill. vol. II, as Hermaphrodite.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 42, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1129, ill., as After the antique: Sleeping Hermaphrodite.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 25 p. 49.
Vierneisel, Klaus. In Paul Cézanne: Skulpturenzeichnungen. Munich: Staatliche Antikenammlung und Glyptothek, 1994. Exhibition catalogue, p. 13, fig. 3, Private collection.
Ives, Colta, Susan Stein, Julie Steiner with Ann Dumas, Rebecca Rabinow and Gary Tinterow. The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. Exhibition catalogue, p. 17, no. 117, ill.
Notes
Chappuis (1973) indicated that the work was owned by Edgar Degas and sold in his posthumous sale. However, the drawing cannot be identified with a specific lot number in the Degas sale.
Roman, 2nd century AD ?, after a Greek original, c. 150 BC, Hermaphrodite endormi, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
Additional material / links
Record last updated November 11, 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: Hermaphrodite endormi, 1895–98 (FWN 2178)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2821 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
