Les Amours Conduisant le Monde (Love Turning the World)

1881

Auguste Rodin

Associated Names
Auguste Rodin

Artist, French, 1840 - 1917

Mrs. John W. Simpson

Dedicatee, American, c. 1869 - 1943

The image depicts swirling lines and curved shapes against a textured background. A circular form is central to the composition, with cherubic figures appearing to support and play around it. The figures have small, chubby limbs and exhibit playful innocence. Some figures are climbing or hanging onto the circular form. The backdrop and line style suggest clouds or celestial elements, enhancing the abstract quality of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 33.9 cm (10 15/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.5.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1946

  • Rodin: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 26.

1949

  • Nineteenth-Century French Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1949, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

in margin below plate, in graphite: les engants amours, conduisant le monde / a Madame Simpson affectueusement / Aug. Rodin / 1908

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

IMPRIMERIE / CH WITTMANN

Wikidata ID

Q64953959

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