Bust of Victor Hugo
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
56.2 × 26.8 × 26.1 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of James Parmelee
Accession Number
1940.580
Tags
male
About this artwork
Unlike most of Rodin’s portraits, the bust of Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was made from memory because the famous French writer refused to sit for the artist. Among Hugo’s best-known novels are The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).