Eternal Springtime

West Gallery (Straw Gallery)

Rodin Museum

Eternal Springtime

Modeled 1884; cast between 1898-1918

Artist/maker: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, French, 1810 - 1892

Eternal Springtime developed out of Rodin’s ambitious project for The Gates of Hell (Philadelphia Museum of Art, F1929-7-128), and demonstrates the artist’s tendency to reuse and adapt figures from earlier compositions. The female figure is based on a sensuous torso that appears in the upper left portion of The Gates. Here she is fully formed and joined in an erotic embrace with a male figure who has small wings on his back, like the mythological figure Cupid....

Rodin Museum, West Gallery (Straw Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Eternal Springtime

Date:

Modeled 1884; cast between 1898-1918

Artists:

Artist/maker: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, French, 1810 - 1892

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

26 x 31 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (66 x 80 x 39.4 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929

Accession Number:

F1929-7-18

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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West Gallery (Straw Gallery)

Rodin Museum