Collection

Andrieu d'Andres, Second Maquette (Andrieu d'Andres, deuxième maquette)

Auguste Rodin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

In this cast of an intermediate study for the burgher Andrieu d’Andres, the head pulled downward, the bowed posture, and the slanted ground suggest precarious forward movement. The firmly planted feet, however, betray the figure’s hesitancy to meet his fate.

Caption

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Andrieu d'Andres, Second Maquette (Andrieu d'Andres, deuxième maquette), 1885; cast 1970. Bronze, 23 1/4 x 18 5/8 x 9 in. (59.1 x 47.3 x 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 84.75.18. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Andrieu d'Andres, Second Maquette (Andrieu d'Andres, deuxième maquette)

Date

1885; cast 1970

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

23 1/4 x 18 5/8 x 9 in. (59.1 x 47.3 x 22.9 cm)

Signatures

Front, base: "A. Rodin"

Inscriptions

Front of base: "No 1"

Markings

Back, lower edge: "Susse Fondeur Paris" Proper right, lower edge: "© by MUSEE RODIN 1970"

Credit Line

Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Accession Number

84.75.18

Have information?

Have information about an artwork? Contact us at

bkmcollections@brooklynmuseum.org.

Artists and makers

Auguste Rodin

75 works in the collection

Susse Fondeur, Paris

3 works in the collection