The Kneeling Man

The Kneeling Man
The Museo Soumaya cast.
ArtistAuguste Rodin
Year1888
MediumBronze
LocationMuseo Soumaya, Mexico City

The Kneeling Man is a work originally conceived in 1888 by the French artist Auguste Rodin for his The Gates of Hell project.

Reuse

The work's arms and torso were reused for The Birth of Venus, a female version - Gates features both the male and female versions in the tympanum and the upper part of the right-hand panel.[1] The same male figure was also used as part of The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost.[2]

Versions

It was cast in bronze with a brown and green patina in 1960 by the Rudier Foundry. One of these bronze casts is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Museo Soumaya (2016). La puerta del Infierno. México: Fundación Carlos Slim. p. 293. ISBN 9786077805182.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Colección Museo Soumaya vol. 2. Fundación Carlos Slim. 2015. ISBN 9786077805137.


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