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 664
Bethsabée
1885–90
Alternate title: La chaste Suzanne
Rewald (593): 1885–90; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (252): 1875–77; Rivière: 1878; Gowing: c.1888 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
12 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (31.5 x 23.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3812, personnage auprès de femme nue sous un arbre, 31 x 23 cm (25 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 330, Annotated by Cezanne;s son: 1880–85
Provenance
Private collection;
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 30, as La chaste Suzanne, lent by Alph. Kann.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, French Paintings, XIX and XX Centuries, 1954, no. 4, ill.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 43, as Bethsabée, c. 1888, lent by Sir Alexander Korda. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Joie de vivre, June–September 1997, no. 6, ill. p. 6, as Bethsabée, c. 1885-90.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 206, listed.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 252, ill. vol. II, as Bethsabée.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172, as Bethsabée.
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 102, fig. 68.
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. 593, ill. vol. 2, as Bethsabée.
Record last updated November 15, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bethsabée, 1885–90 (FWN 664)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=576 (accessed on May 6, 2024).
