The Age of Bronze
1875–76
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Age of Bronze, 1875–76. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; with base: 182.2 x 66.4 x 47 cm (71 3/4 x 26 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1918.328 The sculpture suggests the heroism and suffering of his countrymen during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. This life-sized male figure was modeled after a Belgium soldier named August Neyt.
- Maker/Artist
- Rodin, Auguste
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- with base: 182.2 x 66.4 x 47 cm (71 3/4 x 26 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed top of base to right: Rodin; inscribed back of base: A. RUDIER Fondeur Paris.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1918.328
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Art: The International Language, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession - Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Rodin-100 Years
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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