Cleveland Museum of Art
The Sirens
Auguste RodinLinkedCulture matchlcp-330bd0e8de10
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- France, late 19th-early 20th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 124871
What the image shows
A bronze sculpture depicting three nude female figures in a dynamic pose.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Rodin intended The Gates of Hell (based on Dante’s The Divine Comedy ) to be the great work of his life. It was never executed as originally planned, but Rodin created a number of sculptures for the project that were later treated separately. Among them was this group of three nude women entitled The Sirens .
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
- Provenance
- Mrs. Ralph King, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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