Right Hand

possibly 1880s · Sculpture

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Right Hand, a terracotta by Auguste Rodin possibly dating to the 1880s, belongs to Washington's National Gallery of Art. The fingers extend outwards and curve gently towards the palm. Measuring 13.3 centimetres at its widest extent, the model passed directly from Rodin to the Simpsons in 1907 or 1908. It may have been a keepsake from their summer visits to Versailles.

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Inventarienummer: 1942.5.8

Vad bilden föreställer

Woman Hand, right

I katalogen

Skulptur Terrakotta och keramik Impressionismen 1800-talet French Romantic

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National Gallery of Art
Bild: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

I Auguste Rodins liv

Hela livet

1877–1878
Accused of casting “The Age of Bronze” from life
The figure looked so lifelike that Rodin was accused of casting it from a live model. He wrote to the newspapers, produced photographs of the model and demanded an inquiry, and a committee of sculptors cleared him; later many of his works were deliberately made larger or smaller than life.
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.
1880
The 1880 Salon: third prize
Rodin showed “St. John the Baptist”, which won third prize. In the same Salon “The Age of Bronze” was exhibited a second time, now cast in bronze.
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.