Collection

Pierre de Wiessant, Second Maquette (Pierre de Wissant, deuxième maquette)

Auguste Rodin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This study established the basic pose and haunted expression of Pierre de Wiessant. It is one of the six individual figures, one-third life-size, that comprised the second maquette Rodin submitted to the Calais monument committee in 1885. (The maquette of Andrieu d’Andres, on view nearby, is another of these.)

Caption

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Pierre de Wiessant, Second Maquette (Pierre de Wissant, deuxième maquette), 1885; cast 1970. Bronze, 27 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 in. (69.2 x 29.8 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, 84.75.21. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Pierre de Wiessant, Second Maquette (Pierre de Wissant, deuxième maquette)

Date

1885; cast 1970

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

27 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 in. (69.2 x 29.8 x 27.9 cm)

Signatures

Top of base, front, near proper left foot: "A. Rodin No 1"

Markings

Base, back: "Susse Fondeur Paris" Copyright mark--Base, lower edge, near proper left foot: "© by MUSEE RODIN 1970"

Credit Line

Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Accession Number

84.75.21

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Artists and makers

Auguste Rodin

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