Auguste RodinFrench, 1840–1917Petit personnage
May one see it?
Unknown
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in French
Crayon graphite au revers d'une photographie du tombeau de Valentine Balbiani, femme de René de Birague, par Germain Pilon (Galerie du Louvre, Paris).
Musée Rodin
Particulars
- Accession number
- D 6309
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée Rodin
- Image: Musée Rodin — © Jean de Calan; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
Meanwhile, in the life of Auguste Rodin
The whole life1916
His will leaves everything to the state
Rodin signed a will under which all his works and manuscripts passed to the state; the Musée Rodin was established on 22 December 1916, in the sculptor's lifetime.
January 1917
Marries Rose Beuret
Rodin married Rose Beuret, his companion of a lifetime, at the villa in Meudon; she was already seriously ill.
29 January 1917
Married: Rose Beuret Mignon
February 1917
Death of Rose Beuret
Rose Beuret died only weeks after the wedding, nine months before Rodin himself.
12 November 1917
His last illness
Rodin fell seriously ill on his seventy-seventh birthday and five days later died of a rapidly progressing pneumonia.
17 November 1917
Died
