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Auguste Rodin — Study of Honoré de Balzac
Auguste Rodin

Study of Honoré de Balzac

1891

Created during Rodin's lengthy process of developing the Balzac monument, this study shows the novelist in contemporary dress, emphasizing his bourgeois identity over heroic idealization.

Medium
bronze

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Auguste Rodin, Study of Honoré de Balzac, 1891

Created during Rodin's lengthy process of developing the Balzac monument, this study shows the novelist in contemporary dress, emphasizing his bourgeois identity over heroic idealization.

Medium
bronze
Year
1891
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Bronze, French, Sculpture, Realistic, Portrait, Dignified, Modern, Male, Figurative

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Alex Capecelatro