Collection

Omer Dewavrin

Auguste Rodin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Had it not been for the firm support of this sitter, Rodin’s monument to the burghers of Calais might never have existed. Omer Dewavrin served as mayor of Calais and as president of the monument committee. In this capacity in 1884 he advocated that Rodin be selected to create the monument. Forthright, unidealized, and focused on character, the bust exemplifies naturalist nineteenth-century portraiture.

Caption

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Omer Dewavrin, 1885; cast 1979. Bronze, 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (24.8 x 19.1 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 85.173.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Omer Dewavrin

Date

1885; cast 1979

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

9 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (24.8 x 19.1 x 14.9 cm)

Signatures

Proper left shoulder: "A. Rodin"

Inscriptions

Back of collar: "No 6"

Markings

Back of collar: ".Georges Rudier./.Fondeur. Paris." Copyright mark: "© by Musée Rodin 1979"

Credit Line

Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Accession Number

85.173.1

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Artists and makers

Auguste Rodin

75 works in the collection

Georges Rudier Fondeur, Paris

25 works in the collection