Eustache de Saint-Pierre, Final Head, With Rope Around the Neck (Eustache de Saint-Pierre, tête définitive, avec corde autour de cou)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
When Rodin had parts of his compositions cast as independent sculptures, their relationship to the larger work was often not readily apparent. For this bust of Eustache de Saint-Pierre, however, the rope around his neck remained, maintaining the old man’s identity as a burgher.
The model for this head was the artist Jean-Charles Cazin, a friend of Rodin’s who was a native of the Calais region and allegedly a descendant of Eustache de Saint-Pierre.
Caption
Auguste Rodin French, 1840–1917; Fonderie de Coubertin, Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuses. Eustache de Saint-Pierre, Final Head, With Rope Around the Neck (Eustache de Saint-Pierre, tête définitive, avec corde autour de cou), ca. 1886; cast ca. 1983. Bronze, 16 1/4 x 9 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (41.3 x 24.4 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 87.106.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 87.106.1_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Eustache de Saint-Pierre, Final Head, With Rope Around the Neck (Eustache de Saint-Pierre, tête définitive, avec corde autour de cou)
Date
ca. 1886; cast ca. 1983
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
16 1/4 x 9 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (41.3 x 24.4 x 29.2 cm)
Signatures
Front, proper left bottom edge: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions
Front, proper left bottom edge: "No 4/8"
Markings
Front, proper left side:"E. GODARD FONDr" Back, lower edge: "© by Musée Rodin 1983"
Credit Line
Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
Accession Number
87.106.1
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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