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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
Martin P. Bühler; © Kunstmuseum Basel - Martin P. Bühler
FWN 3011-05a
D'après l'antique: buste de l'empereur Septime Sévère
1896–99
Alternate titles: After the antique: Bust of the emperor Septimius Severus; Kaiser Septimius Severus; Studienkopf, wahrscheinlich nach einer antiken Büste
Chappuis (1136); Venturi (1328)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 5 from the BS I sketchbook
5 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (13.1 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1935)
Exhibition History
1935 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 197, as Studienkopf, wahrscheinlich nach einer antiken Büste, lent by Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 116, ill., p. 113.1988d New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 149, ill. p. 134.1994 Munich
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 20, ill.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 99, ill.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1328, ill. vol. II, as "Page V".Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 30, cat. no. 50, fig. 22.Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 181, ill.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1136, ill., as After the antique: Bust of the emperor Septimius Severus.Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 111, ill.Schmidt 1994
Schmidt, Doris. "Die Macht der Mnemosyne." Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), no. 170, Feuilleton (July 26, 1994).Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 5.Gloor 2006a
Gloor, Lukas. "Ambroise Vollard in seinen Portraits." In Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso und ihr Galerist Ambroise Vollard, Gloor, Lukas, Koella, Rudolf, Velhagen, Rudolf. Heidelberg: Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 92, as Kaiser Septimius Severus, 1896-97.
Roman, early 3rd century AD, L'empereur Septime Sévère (Bust of Septimus Severus), marble, Musée du Louvre, 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'antique: buste de l'empereur Septime Sévère, 1896–99 (FWN 3011-05a), p. 5 from the BS I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2828&sketchbook=3011 (accessed on May 3, 2024).
