Eternal Spring
Detail of “Eternal Spring”
Probably modeled around 1881; this marble, commissioned in 1906, was finished in March 1907
By Auguste Rodin
French, 1840-1917
Accession #: 17.120.184
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)—August 28, 2010
First titled Zephyr and Earth and later exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1897 as Cupid and Psyche--both titles were calculated to lend respectability to the eroticism of the subject—this version displays the sensuous, veiled quality of carving that is associated with the marbles of Rodin’s late career.
Eternal Spring
Detail of “Eternal Spring”
Probably modeled around 1881; this marble, commissioned in 1906, was finished in March 1907
By Auguste Rodin
French, 1840-1917
Accession #: 17.120.184
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)—August 28, 2010
First titled Zephyr and Earth and later exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1897 as Cupid and Psyche--both titles were calculated to lend respectability to the eroticism of the subject—this version displays the sensuous, veiled quality of carving that is associated with the marbles of Rodin’s late career.