Sitter is Michelangelo di Rosa, a professional model. Cézanne portrayed him four times, two paintings and two watercolours.
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
R 656
Collection catalogues
Great French paintings from the Barnes Foundation, New York, 1993, pp. 114-117
Neil L. Rudenstine, The house of Barnes, Philadelphia, 2012, plate 2
Other works by Paul Cezanne
The house of Doctor Gachet at Auvers-sur-Oise
1872-73
1872-73
Preparation for the Funeral, or The autopsy
1869
1869
Forest scene
1900-02
1900-02
Paul Alexis reading at Zola's house
1869-70
1869-70
Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibémus
c. 1897
c. 1897