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Antoine Dominique Sauveur Aubert (born 1817), the Artist's Uncle

1866
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 826

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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  • Title: 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: 32 1/4 × 25 7/8 in. (81.9 × 65.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Wolfe Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection
  • Object Number: 53.140.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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