Paolo and Francesca
c. 1909
Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
marble
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 53.34 × 91.44 × 106.68 cm (21 × 36 × 42 in.)
gross weight (approximate): 680.396 kg (1500 lb.) -
Accession
2014.136.249
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Agnes Ernst Meyer [1887-1970, Mrs. Eugene Meyer]; gift December 1936 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
Sargent's Contemporaries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 June - 28 August 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 22.
2000
Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, April - August 2000,
2002
Picturing the Corcoran's Sculpture: Photographs by David Finn, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November - 30 December 2002.
Bibliography
1985
Elsen, Albert E. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin. Stanford, 1985: 69-70, 81.
Inscriptions
upper left on the back: A. Rodin
Wikidata ID
Q63863751