The Age of Bronze
Sculpture by Auguste Rodin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| The Age of Bronze | |
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| French: L'âge d'airain | |
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| Artist | Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) |
| Year | 1877 (first exhibited) |
| Type | Statue |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | Life size |
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.[1]
History
When the statue was first exhibited at the 1877 Salon in Paris, France, Rodin was falsely accused of having made the statue by casting a living model, a charge that was vigorously denied. This charge benefited Rodin, though, because people were so eager to see this for themselves.[citation needed]
Casts
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Perspective
Casts of the statue can be found in many museums, including:
Gallery
Plaster from 1877
Plaster, detail
Bronze cast
Bronze cast from 1876/1877 in Lyon
Detail of the bronze cast in the National Gallery of Canada, cast in 1901
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