Third Architectural Model for "The Gates of Hell"
Signed on panel at lower right: Rodin Inscribed: A Monsieur/ Jules Mastbaum/ En hommage/ du Musée Rodin
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
Modeled c. 1881-1882; cast 1926Medium:
TerracottaDimensions:
39 1/2 x 24 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (100.3 x 62.9 x 17.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
Rodin MuseumObject Location:
1938-27-1Credit Line:
Gift of the estate of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1938
Made in France, Europe
Date:
Modeled c. 1881-1882; cast 1926Medium:
TerracottaDimensions:
39 1/2 x 24 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (100.3 x 62.9 x 17.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
Rodin MuseumObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1938-27-1Credit Line:
Gift of the estate of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1938
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This model, an extraordinary visual record of Rodin’s thought processes and working method, is the third that the artist made after receiving the prized commission for a set of monumental bronze doors. It reveals that by this early date he had already abandoned a strict narrative rendering of Dante’s Inferno and discarded the notion of the doors as functional architectural features that would open or close.
