Gates of Hell [Second Maquette]
Rodin, Auguste
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Date
1880Description
Second maquette, left, with some plaster fragments to the right; The second maquette did not show the portal in its entirety but focused on the compositional elements of some of the panels. These bas-reliefs were crowded with tiny figures. While it is impossible to identify the themes represented precisely, the relationship between several groups of figures and drawings Rodin executed during this period is obvious. The plaster was made from the modeling clay original (S.1169). Source: Musée Rodin [website]; http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/ (accessed 7/11/2014)
Type of Work
maquette (sculpture)Subject
abstraction, allegory, literary or legendary, Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Divine Comedy, Divina commedia, working models, Nineteenth century
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