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View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph

late 1880s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 823

Despite the many areas of canvas left bare, this is one of the few paintings Cézanne signed and thus regarded as "finished." It shows a view of the Jesuit estate of Saint-Joseph, situated on a hill, the Colline des Pauvres, on the road between Aix and the village of Le Tholonet, an area beloved by the artist since his youth. This picture was the first by Cézanne to enter an American museum: the Metropolitan acquired it from the historic Armory Show in 1913, for the highest price of any work in the exhibition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph
  • Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
  • Date: late 1880s
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.66
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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