L'Age d'airain, 1876

The Age of Bronze

ArtistAuguste Rodin, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon

FounderFrançois Rudier, active in Paris from 1877–1913

Bronze, signed, hallmark

(H x W x D)182 × 70 × 60 cm

Place of originParis

Status

on display, room 014

About the workWhen this statue was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1877, a scandal broke out. The accusation was that Auguste Rodin had not sculpted the figure, but had moulded it from the body of his model. "The Vanquished One", the original title, was supposed to depict a wounded man. Before it was displayed, Rodin changed the title, and the war memorial became a representation that marks the beginning of modern sculpture. The bronze was acquired in 1904 for a Rodin exhibition at the Kunstpalast. Featuring 58 works, this presentation was not only the most comprehensive, but also the only one in Germany where the artist came to arrange the exhibits himself. During the National Socialist era, the sculpture was not relocated; it stood in the garden of Düsseldorf’s Nazi mayor.

AccessionAcquisition 1904

Provenance[...]; 1904 - 1927 ehem. Kunstgewerbemuseum Düsseldorf (1883-1927) angekauft durch den "Verein zur Errichtung einer Gemälde-Gallerie zu Düsseldorf"; 1927 übernommen aus dem Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inventory numberP 1952-176

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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