The Age of Bronze explained

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The Age of Bronze
Other Language 1:	French
Other Title 1:	L'âge d'airain
Artist:	Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
Year:	1877 (first exhibited)
Type:	Statue
Material:	Bronze
Dimensions:	Life size

The Age of Bronze (French: L'âge d'airain) is a bronze statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917). The figure is of a life-size nude male, 72 in. (182.9 cm) high. Rodin continued to produce casts of the statue for several decades after it was modelled in 1876.

Rodin had a Belgian soldier pose for the statue, keeping photographs which survive (in the Rodin Museum). The pose partly derives from Michelangelo's Dying Slave in the Louvre Museum, which has the elbow raised above the head.

History

When the statue was first exhibited at the 1877 Salon in Paris, France, Rodin was falsely accused of having made the statue by casting a living model, a charge that was vigorously denied. This charge benefited Rodin, though, because people were so eager to see this for themselves.

Casts

Casts of the statue can be found in many museums, including:

Institution	City	Country
Albright–Knox Art Gallery^[1]	Buffalo, New York	United States
		Germany
		Germany
		Germany
		Portugal
		United States
		United States
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek^[2] ^[3]	Copenhagen	Denmark
Nationalmuseum^[4]	Stockholm	Sweden
		United States
		Ireland
		Brazil
		United States
		Netherlands
		England
Lycée Rodin, cour d'honneur^[5]		France
		United States
		United States
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum^[6]	Antwerp	Belgium
		United States
Musée d'Orsay^[7]		France
		France
Musée Rodin^[8]
		Mexico
		Hungary
Nasher Sculpture Center^[9]		United States
		United States
		Canada
National Museum of Western Art^[10]	Tokyo	Japan
		United States
		United States
		United States
Tokyo University of the Arts, The University Art Museum^[11]	Tokyo	Japan
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum^[12]	Tokyo	Japan
		England
		Spain
		Scotland
		United States
Queensland Art Gallery^[13]		Australia
		Italy
		United Kingdom
Chrysler Museum of Art^[14]		United States

See also

• List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
• 1877 in art

Bibliography

• Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette; Judrin, Claude; Vassalo, I. (1997). Vers l'âge d'airain, Rodin en Belgique: Exposition. Paris: Musée Rodin editions. .

External links

• The Age of Bronze, Analysis and Critical Reception
• The Age of Bronze at the Musée Rodin
• The Age of Bronze at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Age D'Airain (Age Of Bronze) > Search Our Fine Art Collection > Collection > Albright-Knox Art Gallery. 18 September 2015. 21 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160521075827/http://www.albrightknox.org/collection/search/piece:57/. live.
2. Web site: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek by Brian McMorrow. 14 September 2015. 20 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020044241/http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/carlsbergglyptotek%26page%3D18. live.
3. Web site: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark. 14 September 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093918/http://rodin-web.org/collections/major/copenhagen.htm. live.
4. Web site: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. 9 November 2019. 30 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211130123919/http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=27371&viewType=detailView. live.
5. [:fr:Lycée Rodin]
6. Web site: 05 Auguste Rodin (France) - MIDDELHEIM MUSEUM . 2015-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214548/http://www.middelheimmuseum.be/Museum_Middelheim_EN/MiddelheimEN/The-collection/Highlights/05-Auguste-Rodin-(France).html . 2016-03-04 .
7. Web site: Musée d'Orsay: Auguste Rodin The Bronze Age. 1 September 2015. 22 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140822012604/http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/sculpture/commentaire_id/the-bronze-age-8931.html?cHash=43843ab6df. live.
8. Web site: The Age of Bronze - Rodin Museum. 11 October 2011. 1 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131001075916/http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/collections/sculptures/age-bronze. live.
9. Database (undated). "Auguste Rodin" . Nasher Sculpture Center. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
10. Web site: Auguste Rodin - The Age of Bronze - Collection - The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. 1 September 2015. 20 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020050445/http://collection.nmwa.go.jp/en/S.1959-0002.html. live.
11. Web site: ［ID:7584］ 青銅時代 ： 収蔵品情報 - 収蔵品データベース - 東京藝術大学大学美術館. 1 September 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082150/http://jmapps.ne.jp/geidai/det.html?data_id=7584. live.
12. Web site: Profile of Works - TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM. 1 September 2015. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015926/http://www.fujibi.or.jp/en/our-collection/profile-of-works.html?work_id=1335. live.
13. Web site: On Display in QAG Sculpture Garden. 9 April 2024. 9 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240409064205/https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/index.php/objects/13484. live.
14. Web site: Chrysler Museum European Painting and Sculpture Collection. 9 November 2019. 9 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191109200241/https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/6008/the-age-of-bronze%3Fctx%3D88f89c32-49fc-4639-9fe6-3ad23c900ebc%26idx%3D4. live.