Pierre de Wiessant, Second Maquette (Pierre de Wissant, deuxième maquette)
Auguste Rodin
European Art
On View:
This study established the basic pose and haunted expression of Pierre de Wiessant. It is one of the six individual figures, one-third life-size, that comprised the second maquette Rodin submitted to the Calais monument committee in 1885. (The maquette of Andrieu d’Andres, on view nearby, is another of these.)
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
1885; cast 1970
DIMENSIONS
27 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 in. (69.2 x 29.8 x 27.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Base, back: "Susse Fondeur Paris"
Copyright mark--Base, lower edge, near proper left foot:
"© by MUSEE RODIN 1970"
SIGNATURE
Top of base, front, near proper left foot: "A. Rodin No 1"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.75.21
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Pierre de Wiessant, Second Maquette (Pierre de Wissant, deuxième maquette), 1885; cast 1970. Bronze, 27 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 in. (69.2 x 29.8 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 84.75.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.75.21_bw.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 1/12
IMAGE
overall, 84.75.21_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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