The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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Adrien Didierjean; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 3013-32b
D'après l'une des vierges folles de la cathédrale de Strasbourg
1895–98
Alternate title: After one of the Foolish Virgins of Strasbourg Cathedral
Chappuis (1133)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 32 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. 32 verso.
Chappuis, Adrien. "Cézanne dessinateur: copies et ilustrations." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 66, periode 6 (November 1965), fig. 27.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1133, ill., as After one of the Foolish Virgins of Strasbourg Cathedral.
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, ("Les carnets"), p. 524, fig. 1, as D'après l'une des vierges folles de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, 1895-1898.
Notes
Cezanne made this drawing after a plaster cast of the virgin's head which he could see at the Musée de Sculpture comparée, Palais de Caillot, Trocadero, today Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine, musée des Monuments français, Paris.
Strasbourg Cathedral, Vierge folle (Foolish Virgin), Musée de l’œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.
Photo: © Musées de Strasbourg, M. Bertola
Historical postcard of the plaster cast of the Foolish Virgin's head, Musée des Monuments français, Paris.
Photo: Centre de documentation, Musée des monuments français, Paris
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 l'une des vierges folles de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, 1895–98 (3013-32b)
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'une des vierges folles de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, 1895–98 (FWN 3013-32b), p. 32 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=2825 (accessed on March 24, 2025).
