East Gallery (Coates Gallery)
Rodin Museum
East Gallery (Coates Gallery)
Rodin Museum
Rodin originally modeled this despairing figure from Greek mythology, condemned to eternally carry water from a leaking jug, for The Gates of Hell, but he did not include it in the final version.
Rodin Museum, East Gallery (Coates Gallery)
Titles: | Danaid (The Source) |
Date: | Modeled 1885, enlarged 1889; carved before 1902 |
Artists: | Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) Carved by Jean Escoula (French, 1851–1911) |
Medium: | Marble |
Dimensions: | 13 x 19 x 25 inches (33 x 48.3 x 63.5 cm) |
Classification: | Sculpture |
Credit Line: | Gift of Alexander Harrison to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1902 and purchased by the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the Annenberg Fund for Major Acquisitions, and other Museum funds, 2003 |
Accession Number: | 2003-4-1 |
Geography: | Made in France, Europe |
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East Gallery (Coates Gallery)
Rodin Museum