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Seated Peasant, ca. 1892–96
Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)
Oil on canvas; 21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm)
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1997.60.2)

This sensitive and soulful portrait, painted about 1892–96, almost certainly depicts one of the farmhands who worked at the Jas de Bouffan, the house of Cézanne's mother.

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    Seated Peasant, ca. 1892–96
    Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)
    Oil on canvas; 21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm)
    The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1997.60.2)