Painted in the autumn of 1866, while living at his family’s home near Aix-en-Provence. The sitter was an uncle of Paul Cezanne.

Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
R 107

Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 109

Exhibitions

2017 Cézanne Portraits, Nr. 10
2006 Cézanne in Provence, Nr. 9
2005 Pioneering modern painting: Cézanne & Pissarro, 1865-1885, Nr. 7
1988 Cezanne. The Early Years 1859-1872, Nr. 22
1907 Paul Cézanne, Nr. 2

Provenance

Probably the sitter, the artist's uncle, Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert, Arles (until summer 1899)
presumably one of twelve works by Cézanne sold to Vollard
with Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1899, sold July 10 to Rosenberg
with Alexandre Rosenberg, Paris, 1899, sold to Pellerin
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (ca. 1899–1916)
with Josse Hessel, Paris, 1916–20
with Marius de Zayas, New York, 1920–at least 1921, sold to Bliss
Lizzie (Lillie) P. Bliss, New York (ca. 1921–d. 1931), bequeathed to the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York (1931–51)
sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 53.140.1

Other works by Paul Cezanne

Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress
1888-90

The house of Doctor Gachet, Auver-sur-Oise
1872-73

Still Life with Jar, Cup, and Apples
c. 1877

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley
1882-85

Houses on a hill, Provence
1904-06