Cézanne made a vast number of such drawings, which were intended exclusively as studies. This sheet includes a portrait of his wife (top), a sketch of a man walking after an academic model. Lower down and likewise rotated 90 degrees there is a sketch after a detail (the man climbing) from a print by Marcantonio Raimondi, which reproduces Michelangelo’s design for his fresco ‘The Battle of Cascina’.
Specifications
| Title | Sheet of Studies with Various Figures |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pencil |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 310 mm Width 240 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Paul Cézanne
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| Accession number | F II 118 recto (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1879-1880 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
De Collectie Twee - wissel III, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Cézanne: The Drawings (2021) |
| Material | |
| Object |
All about the artist
Paul Cézanne
Aix-en-Provence 1839 - Aix-en-Provence 1906
Paul Cézanne studied in Paris at the Academy Suisse. He was refused admission to the art academy and the Salon did not want to exhibit his works. In 1882,...
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