Orpheus and Eurydice
Auguste Rodin, 1840–1917
Modeled probably before 1887, carved 1893.
This motif of the very smooth figures emerging from the rough hewn stone is often repeated by the artist.
Originally modeled for The Gates of Hell, where it was apparently intended to illustrate a poem from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, this group was abandoned by Rodin in the final version of The Gates but given a second existence under the present title.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Auguste Rodin, 1840–1917
Modeled probably before 1887, carved 1893.
This motif of the very smooth figures emerging from the rough hewn stone is often repeated by the artist.
Originally modeled for The Gates of Hell, where it was apparently intended to illustrate a poem from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, this group was abandoned by Rodin in the final version of The Gates but given a second existence under the present title.