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Portrait of Auguste Rodin

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Portrait of Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin | Alphonse Legros

1860–1910

Medium

Etching in brown ink

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Dimensions

Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 1/4 in. (32.5 × 23.5 cm) Plate: 9 13/16 × 6 7/8 in. (25 × 17.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Auguste Rodin

1840–1917 • France

François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917) stands as the founder of modern sculpture, transforming the art form from academic tradition into expressive modernism. Born into a working-class Parisian family, Rodin faced early rejection, failing three times to gain admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. This setback forced him to work as a craftsman for nearly two decades, though his 1875 trip to Italy proved transformative when encountering Michelangelo's work liberated him from academic constraints.

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