Cézanne at the Jas de Bouffan: an acquisition and an export certificate refusal

29/8/26 - Acquisition and French national treasure - Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet - In 1859, Paul Cézanne’s father bought a bastide near Aix-en-Provence and allowed the artist to paint the drawing room, creating a decorative scheme directly on the walls between 1860 and 1867. The young man, then only in his early twenties, began with the alcove (ill. 1 and 2), painting female allegories of the Four Seasons, followed by a portrait of his seated father. The other walls were decorated with landscapes (ill. 3 and 4), as well as copies after the Old Masters.