Paul Cezanne, 'An Old Woman with a Rosary', about 1895-6
Full title | An Old Woman with a Rosary |
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Artist | Paul Cezanne |
Artist dates | 1839 - 1906 |
Date made | about 1895-6 |
Medium and support | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 80.6 × 65.5 cm |
Acquisition credit | Bought, 1953 |
Inventory number | NG6195 |
Location | Room 44 |
Collection | Main Collection |
A old women, her gaze unfocused, clutches a rosary – a string of beads used in prayer – tightly in her hands. According to the writer Joachim Gasquet, the sitter was a former nun who had escaped from a convent, wandering aimlessly until Cezanne took her on as a servant.
Gasquet found this painting in 1896 at Cezanne’s family house near Aix-en-Provence, lying on the floor of the artist’s studio with a pipe dripping on it. The lower left-hand corner is marked by splashed water or steam.
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