Bust of Victor Hugo
- Date
- 1884
- Material
- Bronze and stone
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 217
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (42.9 x 27.3 x 23.5 cm)
bust with base, height: 22 in. (55.9 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Edward Mallinckrodt
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 50:1967
NOTES
Auguste Rodin modelled the powerful features of the aged Victor Hugo, the great French poet and novelist, perhaps best known for the books Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Rodin’s bust was based on close observation and the sculptor noted: “I would go look at him, and then with my head filled with the expression of an image that combined the properties of Pan, Hercules, and Jupiter, I would go back again and memorize each fold of skin.”
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