The Age of Bronze

The Age of Bronze (French: L'Âge d'airain) is a bronze statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917). The figure is of a life-size nude male, 72 in. (182.9 cm) high. Rodin continued to produce casts of the statue for several decades after it was modelled in 1876.

The Age of Bronze
French: L'Âge d'airain
The Age of Bronze, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (2006).
ArtistAuguste Rodin (1840–1917)
Year1877 (first exhibited)
TypeStatue
MediumBronze
DimensionsLife size

Rodin had a Belgian soldier pose for the statue, keeping photographs which survive (in the Rodin Museum). The pose partly derives from Michelangelo's Dying Slave in the Louvre Museum, which has the elbow raised above the head.

History

When the statue was first exhibited at the 1877 Salon in Paris, France, Rodin was falsely accused of having made the statue by casting a living model, a charge that was vigorously denied. This charge benefited Rodin though, because people were so eager to see this for themselves.

Casts of the statue can be found in many museums, including:

Institution City Country
Albright–Knox Art Gallery[1]Buffalo, New YorkUnited States
Alte NationalgalerieBerlinGermany
Museum FolkwangEssenGermany
SchlossmuseumWeimarGermany
Chiado MuseumLisbonPortugal
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OhioUnited States
Columbus Museum of ArtColumbus, OhioUnited States
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek[2][3]CopenhagenDenmark
Nationalmuseum[4]StockholmSweden
Honolulu Museum of ArtHonolulu, HawaiiUnited States
Hugh Lane GalleryDublinIreland
Instituto Ricardo BrennandRecifeBrazil
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford UniversityStanford, CaliforniaUnited States
Leeds Art GalleryLeedsEngland
Lycée Rodin, cour d'honneur[5]ParisFrance
Maryhill Museum of ArtMaryhill, WashingtonUnited States
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, New YorkUnited States
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum[6]AntwerpBelgium
Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis, MinnesotaUnited States
Musée d'Orsay[7]ParisFrance
Musée Rodin[8]ParisFrance
Museo SoumayaMexico CityMexico
Museum of Fine ArtsBudapestHungary
Nasher Sculpture Center[9]Dallas, TexasUnited States
National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.United States
National Gallery of CanadaOttawa, OntarioCanada
National Museum of Western Art[10]TokyoJapan
New Orleans Museum of ArtNew Orleans, LouisianaUnited States
Princeton University Art MuseumPrinceton, New JerseyUnited States
Rodin MuseumPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaUnited States
Tokyo University of the Arts, The University Art Museum[11]TokyoJapan
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum[12]TokyoJapan
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondonEngland
Museu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaBarcelonaSpain
Burrell CollectionGlasgowScotland
Legion of HonorSan FranciscoUnited States
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte ModernaRomeItaly
Chrysler Museum of Art[13]Norfolk, VirginiaUnited States
  • Plaster from 1877
  • Plaster, detail
  • Bronze cast

See also

References
  1. "L'Age D'Airain (Age Of Bronze) > Search Our Fine Art Collection > Collection > Albright-Knox Art Gallery".
  2. "Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek by Brian McMorrow".
  3. "Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark".
  4. "Nationalmuseum, Stockholm".
  5. fr:Lycée Rodin
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Musée d'Orsay: Auguste Rodin The Bronze Age".
  8. "The Age of Bronze - Rodin Museum".
  9. Database (undated). "Auguste Rodin" Archived June 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Nasher Sculpture Center. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  10. "Auguste Rodin - The Age of Bronze - Collection - The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo".
  11. "［ID:7584］ 青銅時代 ： 収蔵品情報 - 収蔵品データベース - 東京藝術大学大学美術館".
  12. "Profile of Works - TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM".
  13. "Chrysler Museum European Painting and Sculpture Collection".

Bibliography
  • Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette; Judrin, Claude; Vassalo, I. (1997). Vers l'âge d'airain, Rodin en Belgique: Exposition. Paris: Musée Rodin editions. ISBN 978-2-901428-60-2.
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