Portrait of Auguste Rodin
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 5/8 × 16 5/8 in. (60 × 42.2 cm) Image: 20 11/16 × 13 9/16 in. (52.6 × 34.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2019
Accession Number
2019.38
Tags
About the Artist
Auguste Rodin|Eugène Carrière|Lemercier & Cie. · 1840–1917
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 tr...