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
FWN 472
La Femme à l'ermine, d'après Coello
1885–86
Alternate titles: Dame mit Boa; Femme à la mantille; Femme au boa, copie d'après le Greco; Frau mit Boa; Frau mit der Mantille; Frau mit Kopftuch und Boa; Jeune femme à la fourrure; La Femme à l'hermine, d'après le Greco; La Femme à l'hermine, after El Greco; La Femme à la fourrure; La femme à la pelisse; La Femme au boa; Lady in a Fur Wrap; Lady in a Fur Wrap, after El Greco; Portrait; Portrait de Mile Marie Cézanne; Tête de femme or Femme à la fourrure; Woman with a Boa; Woman with a Fur Piece
Rewald (568): 1885–86; Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (376): 1879–82; Rivière: 1879 (1923) and 1878 (1933)
Oil on canvas
20 7/8 x 19 5/16 in. (53 x 49 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3496, huile; une tête de femme avec un capuchon blanc, sur un fond bleu, 54 x 49 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 148, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Portrait de Mlle C., 1875; in another hand: 1878
Private collection
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Prince de Wagram (Alexandre Berthier), Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (May 6, 1907);
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris and New York
George Embiricos, Lausanne;
Estate of George Embiricos, Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 5, 2012, no. 33, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 4, as La Femme au boa, lent by Pellerin.1909 Munich
Munich, Frühjahr-Ausstellung der Münchener Sezession, Spring 1909, no. 25, as Frau mit der Mantille, lent by Pellerin.1910b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, D'après les maîtres, April 18–30, 1910, no. 42, as Femme à la mantille, lent by Pellerin.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 56, as La Femme à la fourrure, lent by Pellerin.1939a Boston and traveling
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Sources of Modern Painting: A Loan Exhibition Assembled from American Public and Private Collections, March 2–April 9, 1939, no. 7, ill. Traveled to: Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 25–May 20, 1939.1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 29, lent by Pellerin.1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 21, ill. lent by anon.2014b Madrid
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, El Greco y la pintura moderna [English translation: El Greco & Modern Painting], June 24–October 5, 2014, no. 14, ill., as Lady in a Fur Wrap, after El Greco, lent by Private collection, London.2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 47, ill.2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 3, ill. lent Courtesy Daniel Katz Gallery, London.Published References
Denis 1910
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne I' and 'Cézanne II." Translated by Roger Fry. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 16, no. 82 and no. 83 (January and Fabruary 1910), pl. II p. [212] (no. 82), as Woman with a Boa.Meier-Graefe 1910
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 41.Burger 1913
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 58, as Dame mit Boa.Meier-Graefe 1913
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, p. 43, ill. p. 41.New York Times 1913
"A Private Collection in Germany That Contains Fourteen Examples of the Art of Paul Cezanne, a Great Modern, Who Already Is Placed with the Old Masters, in Darmstadt." New York Times, July 6, 1913, p. 15, as Woman with Headdress and Boa.Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 169.Burger 1919
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 61.Maestri Moderni 1920
Maestri Moderni. I, Cézanne. Rome: La Voce, 1920, ill.Friedländer 1922
Friedländer, Max J. "Über Paul Cézanne." Die Kunst für Alle 38 (February 1922), ill. p. 142, as Frau mit Kopftuch und Boa, c. 1885.Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 202.Burger 1923
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 61.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 207, listed, p. 19, ill., as Portrait de Mile Marie Cézanne, dated 1879, Hessel.Vauxcelles 1926
Vauxcelles, Louis. "A propos de Cézanne [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 484, ill., as Portrait.Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 71, as Frau mit Boa, c. 1885.Zervos 1927
Zervos, Christian. "Idéalisme et naturalisme dans la peinture moderne, II: Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh." Cahiers d'Art, no. 10 (1927), p. 331, ill.Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXXI.Burroughs 1929
Burroughs, Alan. "David and Cézanne, Presenting the Case of Thought versus Feeling." The Arts 16, no. 1 (September 1929), p. 99, ill.D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 8.Neugass 1931b
Neugass, Fritz. "Paul Cézanne: zu seinem 25. Todestag am 22. Oktober 1931." Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 69 (October 1931–March 1932), p. 136, ill.Peschcke-Koedt 1933
Peschcke-Koedt, Matthias. "Statusopgorelse i Malerkunsten." Samleren 10 (December 1933), p. 187, ill.Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 67, ill.Mack 1935
Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, fig. 14.Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 9.Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXIX p. 101.Sterling 1936
Sterling, Charles. "Cézanne et les maîtres d'autrefois." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), pp. 7 et 14, as Jeune femme à la fourrure.D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 9.Rewald 1936a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Art sacré: revue mensuelle, special number, Cézanne (May 1936), p. 8, fig. 16 p. 23, as Femme au boa, copie d'après le Greco.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 376, ill. vol. II, as La Femme à la fourrure.Rewald 1936c
Rewald, John. "Sources d'inspiration de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 86 p. 190, as La Femme au boa, 1860 (with engraving after El Greco, fig. 85).Rewald 1936d
Rewald, John. "Une copie par Cézanne d'après le Greco." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 15, periode 6 (February 1936), pp. 118–21, fig. 4.Puyvelde 1939
Puyvelde, Leo van. "Les musées en Amérique." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 340 (July 7, 1939), p. 4, as La femme à la pelisse.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 42.Brian 1939b
Brian, Doris. "Sources of Modern Painting: New York Sees a Notable Show from New England." Art News 37 (April 29, 1939), ill. p. 11, as Woman with a Fur Piece.Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 67, ill.Guerry 1946
Guerry, Liliane. "Le Problème de l'équilibre spatial dans les portraits cézanniens de la période constructive." Etudes d'Art, no. 2 (1946), fig. 2.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. III, listed p. 175.Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 22, as La Femme à l'hermine, after El Greco.Camón Aznar 1950
Camón Aznar, José. Dominico Greco, vol. 2. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1950, p. 1082, ill.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 184.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.Ramuz 1968
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 12.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 13.Benjamin 1989
Benjamin, Roger. "Recovering Authors: The Modern Copy, Copy Exhibitions and Matisse." Art History 12 (June 1989), pp. 188–89, figs. 49 and 50 (with Laurens's engraving after El Greco).Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 219, fig. 110.Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 161, fig. 138.Rewald 1996
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. 568, ill. vol. 2, as La Femme à l'hermine, d'après le Greco.Kovács 2012
Kovács, Anna Zsófia. "Cézanne's Use of Reproductive Prints." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 138, fig. 80, as Lady in a Fur Wrap.Geskó 2012a
Geskó, Judit. "'Builderly' Painting: The Making of an Exhibition." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 23, fig. 80 (detail), as Lady in a Fur Wrap.Eiling 2017
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 134, fig. 43.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 45.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 188, ill., as Tête de femme or Femme à la fourrure, installation photograph from 1910 exhibition, pp. 88 and 89.Geskó 2022
Geskó, Judit. "Abstraction and Meaning, The Budapest Holy Family with Saint Anne." In El Greco. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2022. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 60.Notes
Possibly painted at the Jas de Bouffan.
Formerly attributed to El Greco, Lady in a Fur Wrap, c. 1577 (Glasgow Museums). The painting was reattributed to Alonso Sanchez Coello in 2019.
J.-B. Laurens after an engraving of El Greco, Lady in a Fur Wrap. published in Le Magasin pittoresque, vol. 28, 1860, p. 292
Record last updated March 8, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Femme à l'ermine, d'après Coello, 1885–86 (FWN 472)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=555 (accessed on April 23, 2024).
