The Martyr (sculpture)
The Martyr or The Little Martyr is a c.1885 plaster sculpture of a naked dead or sleeping female figure by Auguste Rodin, now in the Musee Rodin.[1] It is a study for a figure in the top left of Rodin's major work The Gates of Hell, though he later removed the corresponding figure from Gates.[2][3] The figure currently is held by It was originally exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, representing the Bronze Age, and is now in the Musée Rodin in Paris.[4]
| The Martyr | |
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| French: La Martyre | |
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| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | 1885 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 27.6 cm × 148 cm × 98.5 cm (7.0 in × 37.6 in × 25 in) |
| Location | Museo Soumaya, Mexico City |
Musee Rodin casting
There is an enlarged blackened bronze cast of the work now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.[5] He later removed the figure's head to produce Flying Figure (c.1890) - a cast of this is now also in the Metropolitan.[6]
References
- "Figure volante de la Porte de l'enfer ou Petite Martyre".
- Rodin The Martyr
- The Martyr
- (in Spanish) La puerta del infierno (Primera Edición edición). México: Fundación Carlos Slim A.C. 2016. p. 255. ISBN 978-607-7805-18-2
- Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Martyr
- "Flying Figure".
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