Bacchantes Embracing, Small Model (Bacchantes s'enlaçant, petit modèle)
European Art
Rodin employed skilled assistants to make reductions or enlargements of his works using a machine invented in 1836 by the engineer Achille Collas. The model to be recreated in a new size would be placed on a turntable. On a second turntable, connected to the first, would be a clay or plaster “blank,” roughly shaped to resemble the work being resized but on an enlarged or reduced scale. The machine kept the model and the blank in the same orientation while the technician used a tracing needle linked to a sharp cutting instrument (or stylus) to transfer a succession of profiles from the model onto the blank. Gradually the blank was worked so that it became a larger or smaller duplicate of the model.
This process allowed Rodin to offer popular works at a variety of prices.
This process allowed Rodin to offer popular works at a variety of prices.
CAST BY
Aage Fersing
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
possibly before 1896; cast after 1967
DIMENSIONS
6 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (16.8 x 15.9 x 10.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Lower edge near signature: "CIRE PERDUE AF"
SIGNATURE
Base, in back of figure with raised knee: "Rodin"
INSCRIPTIONS
Interior, lower edge: "4/12"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.77.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bacchantes Embracing, Small Model (Bacchantes s'enlaçant, petit modèle), possibly before 1896; cast after 1967. Bronze, 6 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (16.8 x 15.9 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 84.77.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.77.3_bw_SL3.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 4/12
IMAGE
overall, 84.77.3_bw_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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