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AUGUSTE RODIN. PYGMALION AND GALATEA

Pygmalion and Galatea. Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 38 1/4 × 35 × 30 in., 1068 lb. (97.2 × 88.9 × 76.2 cm, 484.4 kg). Date: modeled 1889, carved ca. 1908-9.
According to classical mythology, the sculptor Pygmalion so desired a marble woman he had carved that Venus, the goddess of love, granted her life. Rodin depicts the statue of Galatea quickening at the sculptor's touch, her glowing body emerging from unfinished stone. Yet this Pygmalion is not the handsome youth of tradition, but rather a stocky, bearded man resembling Rodin, whose name is prominently inscribed next to the mythical sculptor's on the side of the base. In his quest to endow his figures with living force, Rodin regarded himself as a modern Pygmalion.
Pygmalion and Galatea is one of six Rodin marbles that came to The Met in 1910 through Thomas Fortune Ryan.

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Auteur:

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917)

Titre:

PYGMALION AND GALATEA

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Pygmalion and Galatea. Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 38 1/4 × 35 × 30 in., 1068 lb. (97.2 × 88.9 × 76.2 cm, 484.4 kg). Date: modeled 1889, carved ca. 1908-9. According to classical mythology, the sculptor Pygmalion so desired a marble woman he had carved that Venus, the goddess of love, granted her life. Rodin depicts the statue of Galatea quickening at the sculptor's touch, her glowing body emerging from unfinished stone. Yet this Pygmalion is not the handsome youth of tradition, but rather a stocky, bearded man resembling Rodin, whose name is prominently inscribed next to the mythical sculptor's on the side of the base. In his quest to endow his figures with living force, Rodin regarded himself as a modern Pygmalion. Pygmalion and Galatea is one of six Rodin marbles that came to The Met in 1910 through Thomas Fortune Ryan.

Technique/matériel:

MARMOL

Musée:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Crédit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Autorisations:

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Taille de l'image:

4200 x 3440 px | 41.3 MB

Taille d'impression:

35.6 x 29.1 cm | 14.0 x 11.5 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés:

AUGUSTE RODIN • EUROPE (CONTINENT) • FRANCE • MARBRE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PIERRE MARBRE • STATUES