The Age of Bronze
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This article is about a sculpture by Rodin. For other uses, see Age of Bronze (disambiguation).
The Age of Bronze (French: L'âge d'airain) is a bronze statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917). The figure is of a life-size nude male, 72 in. (182.9 cm) high. Rodin continued to produce casts of the statue for several decades after it was modelled in 1876.
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French: L'âge d'airain | |
Artist | Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) |
Year | 1877 (first exhibited) |
Type | Statue |
Medium | Bronze |
Dimensions | Life size |
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Rodin had a Belgian soldier pose for the statue, keeping photographs which survive (in the Rodin Museum). The pose partly derives from Michelangelo's Dying Slave in the Louvre Museum, which has the elbow raised above the head.[citation needed]