''The Kneeling Man'' is a work originally conceived in 1888 by the French artist
Auguste Rodin for his ''
The Gates of Hell
''The Gates of Hell'' (french: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the '' Inferno'', the first section of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. It stands at ...
'' 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. The same male figure was also used as part of ''
The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost''.
[ ''Colección Museo Soumaya vol. 2.'' Fundación Carlos Slim. 2015. .]
Versions
It was cast in bronze with a brown and green patina in 1960 by the
Rudier Foundry
The Rudier Foundry (''Fonderie Rudier'') was a foundry run by Alexis Rudier (died 1897) and his son Eugène Rudier (1875–1952). It worked with some of the most notable sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Auguste Rodin, Antoine B ...
. One of these bronze casts is now in the
Museo Soumaya
The Museo Soumaya is a private museum in Mexico City and a non-profit cultural institution with two museum buildings in Mexico City — Plaza Carso and Plaza Loreto. It has over 66,000 works from 30 centuries of art including sculptures from Pre- ...
in Mexico City.
See also
*
List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
This article lists a selection of notable works created by Auguste Rodin. The listing follows the books ''Rodin, Vie et Oeuvre'' and ''Rodin''.
Sculptures
Museums
*Albertinum, Dresden
*Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
*Art Institute of ...
References
External links
*
Sculptures by Auguste Rodin
1888 sculptures
Sculptures in the Museo Soumaya
Bronze sculptures in Mexico
{{France-sculpture-stub