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Eternal Spring

Eternal Spring, Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1881, carved 1907

Auguste Rodin, portrait

Auguste RodinFrench, 1840–1917

Eternal Spring

modeled ca. 1881, carved 1907 · Sculpture

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room800

On public display.

Checked: 5 hours ago
In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

modeled ca. 1881, carved 1907

18401917

Accession number: 17.120.184

What it shows

Couples Male Nudes Lovers Female Nudes

Sources

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)

Meanwhile, in the life of Auguste Rodin

1880
Receives the commission for “The Gates of Hell”
His first state commission was a sculptural portal for a planned Museum of Decorative Arts; with it Rodin received two studios on the Rue de l'Université. The museum was never built and “The Gates of Hell” remained unfinished: they were first cast in bronze after the master's death.
1883
Meets Camille Claudel
Standing in for Alfred Boucher, who was away, Rodin supervised his students' course and met the eighteen-year-old Camille Claudel. She became his assistant, model, lover and creative rival.
1885
Camille Claudel: assistant and lover
From 1885 Claudel worked as an assistant in Rodin's studio and posed for him, and soon they became lovers. The affair lasted nine years, and Rodin did not break with Rose Beuret, who knew her role as “the other woman”.
1889
Rodin and Monet at the Georges Petit gallery
“The Burghers of Calais” was the main event of a joint exhibition of Rodin and Claude Monet: thirty-six sculptures by Rodin and seventy paintings by Monet.
1898
The scandal over “Balzac”
The monument's showing in 1898 caused a storm: the Société des Gens de Lettres rejected it, the press ran parodies, and Monet, Debussy and the future premier Clemenceau signed a manifesto in Rodin's defence. Rodin repaid the commission and moved the statue to his garden; he never completed another public commission.
1900
Rodin's pavilion at the World's Fair
The French government gave him an entire pavilion: a retrospective of 136 sculptures and 14 unfinished works showed “The Gates of Hell” for the first time. The exhibition brought sales of sculptures to museums around the world worth about 200,000 francs.

More by Auguste Rodin

Adam, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910

Adam

modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Honoré de Balzac, Auguste Rodin, 1891

Honoré de Balzac

1891 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statuette of a Woman, Auguste Rodin, early 1880s

Statuette of a Woman

early 1880s · National Gallery of Art

Statuette of a Woman, Auguste Rodin, possibly early 20th century

Statuette of a Woman

possibly early 20th century · National Gallery of Art

Head of a Woman, Auguste Rodin, possibly 1880s

Head of a Woman

possibly 1880s · National Gallery of Art

Final Study for the Monument to Balzac, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1897, cast 1972

Final Study for the Monument to Balzac

modeled 1897, cast 1972 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Burghers of Calais, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1884–95, cast 1985

The Burghers of Calais

modeled 1884–95, cast 1985 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Torso, Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1877–78, cast 1979

Torso

modeled ca. 1877–78, cast 1979 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Neighbors at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wheat Field with Cypresses, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662

Johannes Vermeer

Woman with a Water Jug, ca. 1662

Self-Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660

Rembrandt van Rijn

Self-Portrait, 1660

Scabbard slide, 3rd–1st century BC

Scabbard slide, 3rd–1st century BC

Asen (commemorative altar), Fon artist, late 19th century–mid-20th century

Fon artist

Asen (commemorative altar), late 19th century–mid-20th century

Partial Statuette of a Hippo Goddess, 664–332 BCE

Partial Statuette of a Hippo Goddess, 664–332 BCE

Fortuna, Giambologna, 17th-18th Century (?)

Giambologna

Fortuna, 17th-18th Century (?)

Raised relief fragment, 664–610 BCE

Raised relief fragment, 664–610 BCE

Eternal Spring — Auguste Rodin · ART WIKI