Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Adam modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910 Bronze, 194 × 77.2 × 82.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Auguste Rodin’s first commission from the French government, The Gates of Hell, was intended to be the portal…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Eve modeled 1881, cast 1910 Bronze, 174 × 52.1 × 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin intended Eve and the towering Adam to flank his monumental bronze doorway, The Gates of Hell. There, the biblical…
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’Âge d’airain (The Age of Bronze) modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Bronze, 182.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin’s breakout sculpture, The Age of Bronze caused a critical scandal for its extreme naturalism and ambiguous subject matter.…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude ‘Coco’ Renoir 1908 Bronze, 26.4 x 20.4 x 19.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Renoir, Claude (1901-1969)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude ‘Coco’ Renoir c.1908 Bronze, 26.4 x 19.6 x 19.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Renoir, Claude (1901-1969)
Florentine School Medal of Cosimo de’ Medici as Pater Patriae c.1465–1469 Bronze, diameter 7.34 cm Various locations Reverse: Florence Holding an Orb and Triple Olive Branch Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto d’uomo con medaglia di Cosimo c.1475 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze …