Orphée

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

1900

Height:

142.2 cm  (56 in.)

Width:

91.4 cm  (36 in.)

Depth:

121.9 cm  (48 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Place of creation:

France

Additional titles

Description

"I have represented Orpheus at the moment when having tuned his lyre for the infernal chorus and having been awarded the coveted prize of Eurydice he sinks back overcome by the fatigue of his wanderings and the memory of his past anguish. One folded leg partly supports his failing body and his left hand upholds the lyre, while his right hand is extended in supplication. He is to lose Eurydice again, but he does not suspect this now when the bliss of regaining her has broken the long strain of suspense and suffering." --Auguste Rodin

Iconclass

94O78
(story of) Orpheus - triumph

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Elsen, Albert E. and Rosalyn Frankel Jamison. Rodin's Art: The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, ed. Bernard Barryte (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2003) 331-334, no. 96, fig. 265. ISBN: 9780195133806.

Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette, Hélène Marraud, Diane Tytgat, et al. The bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of works in the Musée Rodin (Paris: Musée Rodin; Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2007) v. 2, 575. ISBN: 9782901428909.

Notes

First modeled 1892. Posthumous cast authorized by Musée Rodin, 1981; cast by E. Godard Foundry (active 20th century - ).
Provenance: Musée Rodin, Paris, 1981; B. Gerald Cantor, Beverly Hills, CA; given to Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 1992.

RIdIM record id

5459