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 482
Portrait de madame Cezanne
1885–86
Alternate titles: Portrait de Madame Cézanne; Portrait de Mme Cézanne; Portrait of Madame Cézanne; Portrait of the artist's wife; Ritratto della signora Cézanne
Rewald (583): 1885–86; Venturi revised: 1883–86; Venturi (524): 1885–87; Rivière: 1880
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Chelsea Book Club, London, French Drawings and Watercolours, mid-December 1919 - January 1920.
Ginza Matsuzakaya, Tokyo, Le centenaire de l'impressionnisme, July 25–11, 1974, no. 9, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, c. 1185-87, lent by Private collection, Paris. Traveled to: Matsuzakaya, Sapporo, Japan, August 17–28, 1974; Matsuzakaya, Osaka, Japan, September 5–17, 1974; Le musée préfectoral, Yamaguchi, Japan, September 20–30, 1974; Matsuzakaya, Nagoya, Japan, October 3–15, 1974; Matsuzakaya, Shizouka, Japan, October 17–29, 1974; Ueno Matsuzakaya, Tokyo, October 31–November 12, 1974.
Palais de Tokyo, musée d'Art et d'Essai, Paris, Nouvelles acquisitions du musée d'Orsay 1980-1983, November 28, 1983–September 1984, no. 25, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-87.
Grand Palais, Paris, Anciens et Nouveaux: Choix d'oeuvres acquises par l'état ou avec sa participation de 1981 à 1985, November 5, 1985–February 3, 1986, no. 129, ill., as Portrait de Mme Cézanne.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 68, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, 1885-86, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 17, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'impressionismo e l'età di Van Gogh, October 9, 2002–March 30, 2003, no. 95, ill., as Ritratto della signora Cézanne, lent by Musée d'Orsay / Musée Granet.
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 231, ill. p. 41, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 23, ill. p. 59, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, lent by Musée d'Orsay.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 19, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, 1885-1887.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 12, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 15, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 34, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 11.3, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Borenius, Tancred. "A Monthly Chronicle: French Drawings and Watercolours at the Chelsea Book Club." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 36, no. 202 (January 1920), ill. p. [47], as Portrait of the artist's wife.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 208, listed.
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 28.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 524, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), fig. 16 (dated 1886–89).
Catalogue sommaire illustré des nouvelles acquisitions du Musée d’Orsay: 1980-1983. Lacambre, Geneviève et Thiébaut Philippe, publication directors, coordination. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1983, p. 16, no. 25, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, c. 1885-87.
Gache-Patin, Sylvie. "Musée d'Orsay, Galerie du Jeu de Paume: douze œuvres de Cézanne de l'ancienne collection Pellerin." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 34, no. 2 (1984), p. 137, fig. 8.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, pp. 220–221, no. 6, ill. and col. pl. p. 56.
Hoog, Michel. Musée de l’Orangerie: catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 32, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 213.
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. 583, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Whitfield, Sarah. "Cézanne and modern art, Essen." The Burlington Magazine 147, no. 1222 (January 2005), p. 59, fig. 54, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pl. 5, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, dated c. 1885–87.
Simms, Matthew. "Cézanne, Painting, and Harmony." In Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 137, fig. 84.
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 35 p. 53.
"Quand Cezanne rêve de Naples." In Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 86, fig. 4.
Smith, Paul. "Vermilion, or why Cézanne took the shine off things." Word & Image 36, nio. 1 (2020), p. 68, ill.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 193, fig. 8, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.
Record last updated October 26, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1885–86 (FWN 482)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=570 (accessed on May 14, 2025).
