The age of Bronze

Sculpture name: The Age of Bronze (L’Age d’Airain

Artist (Sculptor): Auguste Rodin

Created: 1876-1877

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: Height: 180.3 cm

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Photography by LillynisthArtist’s

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“This statue brought Rodin to the attention of the public, not just in France but internationally. It is Rodin’s earliest full-scale, independently produced statue to have survived. He started work on the figure in 1875 when he had left Paris to live in Belgium following the Franco-Prussian War. Rodin began using the model, Auguste Neyt, a 22 year old soldier from barracks near to his home in Brussels, in October 1875. While working on the figure he visited Italy for the first time, in Spring 1876, where he was profoundly influenced by Michelangelo and the works of classical and Renaissance sculptors which he sketched extensively.”(V&A)

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