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 646
L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche)
1876–77
Alternate titles: L'Après-midi à Naples; Personnages
Rewald (290): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: circa 1877; Venturi (223): 1872–75; Cooper: 1872–73; Ratcliffe: 1872; Other: P Gachet: 1873
Oil on canvas
11 13/16 x 15 11/16 in. (30 x 40 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3839, huile; 2 personnages nus auxquels une bonne apporte un plateau de boissons, 30 x 40 cm (100 frs)
Private collection, London
Provenance
Private collection;
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 23, lent by private collection, Paris.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 8, discussed pp. 96–100, pl. 65.
National Gallery, London, Painters' Painting: From Freud to Van Dyck, June 23–September 4, 2016, no. 3, ill., p. 3.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 61, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 9, ill. Private collection. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 223, ill. vol. II, as L'Après-midi à Naples.
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne and Delacroix." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 1 (March 1964).
Schapiro, Meyer. "The Apples of Cézanne: An Essay on the Meaning of Still-Life." Art News Annual 34 (1968), p. 39, pl. 11.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 57, ill.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 290, ill. vol. 2, as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche).
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 311, no. 270, ill., as L'Après-midi à Naples, 1872-75.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 122, fig. 66; p. 128, fig. 74 (detail).
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 87; vol. 2, p. 78, as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche).
Baker, Christopher. "Painters' Paintings." The Burlington Magazine 153, no. 1362 (September 2016), p. 748, fig. 46.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 171, ill., as Personnages.
Record last updated April 5, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche), 1876–77 (FWN 646)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=288 (accessed on July 15, 2025).
