Danaid (The Source)

East Gallery (Coates Gallery)

Rodin Museum

Danaid (The Source)

Modeled 1885, enlarged 1889; carved before 1902

Artist/maker: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Carved by Jean Escoula, French, 1851 - 1911

Rodin originally modeled this despairing figure from Greek mythology, condemned to eternally carry water from a leaking jug, for The Gates of Hell, but he did not include it in the final version.

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Rodin Museum, East Gallery (Coates Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Danaid (The Source)

Date:

Modeled 1885, enlarged 1889; carved before 1902

Artists:

Artist/maker: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Carved by Jean Escoula, French, 1851 - 1911

Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

13 x 19 x 25 inches (33 x 48.3 x 63.5 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Gift of Alexander Harrison to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1902 and purchased by the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the Annenberg Fund for Major Acquisitions, and other Museum funds, 2003

Accession Number:

2003-4-1

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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East Gallery (Coates Gallery)

Rodin Museum