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)
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Arturo Piera
FWN 653
Scène légendaire; Sancho dans l'eau
c.1878
Alternate titles: Sancho dans l'eau; Sancho Pança; Sancho Pança dans l'eau; Sancho Panza; Scène légendaire; Scène légendaire or Sancho dans l'eau or Paysage avec nus; Scène légendaire; also known as Sancho dans l'eau
Rewald (371): c.1878; Venturi revised: 1874–77; Venturi (239): 1873–77
Oil on canvas
18 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. (47 x 55 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 8, as Sancho dans l'eau, lent by Pellerin.
Palais du Prince Paul, Belgrade, Serbia, La Peinture française au XIXe siècle, March–April 1939, no. 5, as Sancho Pança dans l'eau, lent by Pellerin,bParis.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 15, lent by Pellerin.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 17, lent by Pellerin.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 15, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
Valley House Gallery, Dallas, The Collector's Garland, 1961, no. 5, ill.
Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Les Impressionnistes en privé, Cent chefs-d'œuvre de collections particulières, January 13–July 6, 2014, no. 26, ill. in color, Pérez Simon Collection.
Published References
Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 417, as Sancho Pança.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 239, ill. vol. II, as Scène légendaire.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 86, pl. XL fig. 54, as Sancho Panza.
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. 371, ill. vol. 2, as Scène légendaire; also known as Sancho dans l'eau.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 92; vol. 2, p. 79, as Scène légendaire.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 294, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 257, ill., as Scène légendaire or Sancho dans l'eau or Paysage avec nus.
Record last updated April 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Scène légendaire; Sancho dans l'eau, c.1878 (FWN 653)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=367 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
