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Auguste Rodin — Les Damnées
Auguste Rodin

Les Damnées

1885

Drawing inspiration from Dante's Inferno, this sculpture group explores themes of lesbian love and damnation, reflecting late 19th-century anxieties about sexuality and morality.

Medium
bronze

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Auguste Rodin, Les Damnées, 1885

Drawing inspiration from Dante's Inferno, this sculpture group explores themes of lesbian love and damnation, reflecting late 19th-century anxieties about sexuality and morality.

Medium
bronze
Year
1885
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Bronze, French, Sculpture, Expressive, Nude, Figurative

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Alex Capecelatro