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Éternelle Idole (Eternal Idol), Moyen Modèle

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Auguste Rodin French, 1840-1917

Éternelle Idole (Eternal Idol), Moyen Modèle

Signed A.Rodin
Inscribed Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris and © by Musée Rodin 1969

Conceived in 1889. This example cast in 1969.
The Comite Rodin states there were less than 12 cast made in total.

Bronze with a dark green patina, with lighter green highlights
Height: 11 1/2" (29.4 cm)
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Rodin conceived the Eternal Idol whilst working on the Gates of Hell, incorporating both of the figures independently onto the right-hand doorway. Sometime before 1890 the figures were combined into...
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Rodin conceived the Eternal Idol whilst working on the Gates of Hell, incorporating both of the figures independently onto the right-hand doorway. Sometime before 1890 the figures were combined into the group we now know.


The work became one of Rodin’s most powerful groups and its emotive force has elicited a range of symbolic interpretations. It is often seen as a depiction of tender adoration, the man’s hands clasped behind his back in a symbol of respectful abstinence. Conversely, others have suggested the man’s hands are not clasped in a respectful manner, but rather show that he is enslaved by the woman, unable to escape her power as she looks down pitifully upon him.


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