This sculpture is a study for ‘The Gates of Hell’, two monumental doors with a relief of crawling figures inspired by Dante’s Inferno.
The gates were intended as a companion to the Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti’s ‘Gates of Paradise’ in Florence. Rodin worked for almost forty years on the ‘The Gates of Hell’ but never completed it.
Specifications
| Title | Caryatid Carrying Her Stone |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Bronze |
| Object type |
Sculpture
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 45 cm Width 28 cm Depth 33 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Sculptor:
Auguste Rodin
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| Accession number | BEK 1331 (MK) |
| Credits | Gift in memory of J. Zwartendijk, 1938 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1938 |
| Creation date | in circa 1881-1883 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Auguste Rodin
Parijs 1840 - Meudon 1917
Auguste Rodin is generally regarded as the founder of modern sculpture and the most influential sculptor of the nineteenth century. For him, depicting movement...
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