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| Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle |
Artist:Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
Date:1866
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:31 3/8 x 25 1/4 in. (79.7 x 64.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Wolfe Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection
In the autumn of 1866, Cézanne undertook a series of paintings of his maternal uncle, Dominique Aubert, in different costumes. Here, he dons a robe and tasseled blue cap. In another work in The Met’s collection, he poses as a monk (1993.400.1). A friend reported: "Every day there appears a [new] portrait of him." Cézanne applied his paint directly with a palette knife on the coarsely woven canvas, giving these pictures what he called a "gutsy" character.
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