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)
FWN 3005-05a
D'après l'antique: buste d'empereur romain
1896–99
Alternate titles: Bust of a Roman emperor; Lucius Verus
Chappuis (1137); Venturi (1362); Other: after 1900
Graphite on wove paper, p. V from the BS II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (12.4 x 20.1 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 21, ill., as Lucius Verus.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 120, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1362, ill. vol. II, as "Page IV".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 51, ill.
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. 180, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1137, ill., as Bust of a Roman emperor.
Notes
Chappuis suggests that proabably the bust of Septimius Severus or another of Lucius Verus could have served as a model for this study, though the question remains controversial.
Romann, between 180 and 183 AD, Bust of Lucius Verus, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Roman, early 3rd century AD, L'empereur Septime Sévère (Bust of Septimus Severus), marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
This sketchbook originally contained at least fifty-two sheets, but was disbanded and dispersed in the 1930s. The Kunstmuseum Basel holds the largest group.
The sheets are numbered in Roman numerals at lower right on the "a" side.
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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 d'empereur romain, 1896–99 (FWN 3005-05a), p. V from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2829 (accessed on May 1, 2024).
