''The Three Shades'' (''Les Trois Ombres'') is a sculptural group produced in plaster by

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...

in 1886 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 6 ...

''. He made several individual studies for the ''Shades'' before finally deciding to put them together as three identical figures gathered around a central point. The heads hang low so that the neck and shoulders form an almost-horizontal plane. They were to be placed above the gates looking down on the viewer.

Casts

It was later cast in bronze in several editions, with such casts now in the

Musée Rodin The Musée Rodin ( en, Rodin Museum) in Paris, France, is a museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, as ...

in Paris,Notice complète de l'œuvre ''Les Trois Ombres''
on the musée Rodin site the Cantor Sculpture Garden at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, in the

California Palace of the Legion of Honor The Legion of Honor, formally known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, is an art museum in San Francisco, California. Located in Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which also ...

, the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia and 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-H ...

in Mexico. An autograph plaster copy dating to 1917 is also in the

Musée d'arts de Nantes The Fine Arts Museum of Nantes, along with 14 other provincial museums, was created, by consular decree on 14 Fructidor in year IX (31 August 1801). Today the museum is one of the largest museums in the region. The facades, roof and stairs in the ...

. Las tres sombras Rodin Musee.jpg, Bronze cast outside the

Rodin 1.JPG, Close up of the bronze cast at

, Paris. NantesMARodin3Ombres 2.jpg, Plaster version at the

Auguste Rodin-The three shades-Legion of Honor-Lincoln Park-San Francisco.jpg, Bronze cast at the

Las Tres Sombras (1880) de Auguste Rodin en el Museo Soumaya 01.JPG, Bronze cast at the

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