Boy in a Red Vest
by CÉZANNE, Paul, Oil on canvas, 80 x 64 cm
The sitter was a young Italian whom C�zanne painted four times in relaxed poses. He was at ease with the world, as his pose suggests. For purposes of compositional balance, C�zanne felt justified in making the youth’s right arm unnaturally long.
The tension of this painting derives from the distribution of areas of colour.