The Age of Bronze


The Age of Bronze is a bronze statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The figure is of a life-size nude male, 72 in. 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. 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:
InstitutionCityCountry
Albright–Knox Art GalleryBuffalo, New YorkUnited States
Alte NationalgalerieBerlinGermany
Museum FolkwangEssenGermany
SchlossmuseumWeimarGermany
Chiado MuseumLisbonPortugal
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OhioUnited States
Columbus Museum of ArtColumbus, OhioUnited States
Ny Carlsberg GlyptotekCopenhagenDenmark
NationalmuseumStockholmSweden
Honolulu Museum of ArtHonolulu, HawaiiUnited States
Hugh Lane GalleryDublinIreland
Instituto Ricardo BrennandRecifeBrazil
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford UniversityStanford, CaliforniaUnited States
KunstmuseumThe HagueNetherlands
Leeds Art GalleryLeedsEngland
Lycée Rodin, cour d'honneurParisFrance
Maryhill Museum of ArtMaryhill, WashingtonUnited States
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, New YorkUnited States
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture MuseumAntwerpBelgium
Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis, MinnesotaUnited States
Musée d'OrsayParisFrance
Museum of Fine Arts of LyonLyonFrance
Musée RodinParisFrance
Museo SoumayaMexico CityMexico
Museum of Fine ArtsBudapestHungary
Nasher Sculpture CenterDallas, TexasUnited States
National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.United States
National Gallery of CanadaOttawa, OntarioCanada
National Museum of Western ArtTokyoJapan
New Orleans Museum of ArtNew Orleans, LouisianaUnited States
Princeton University Art MuseumPrinceton, New JerseyUnited States
Rodin MuseumPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaUnited States
Tokyo University of the Arts, The University Art MuseumTokyoJapan
Tokyo Fuji Art MuseumTokyoJapan
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondonEngland
Museu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaBarcelonaSpain
Burrell CollectionGlasgowScotland
Legion of HonorSan FranciscoUnited States
Queensland Art GalleryBrisbaneAustralia
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte ModernaRomeItaly
Manchester Art GalleryManchesterUnited Kingdom
Chrysler Museum of ArtNorfolk, VirginiaUnited States