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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 3013-32b
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
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. 32 verso.Chappuis 1965
Chappuis, Adrien. "Cézanne dessinateur: copies et ilustrations." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 66, periode 6 (November 1965), fig. 27.Chappuis 1973
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 and Rishel 1995
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.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 134, ill.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
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&sketchbook=3013 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
