RODIN, Auguste
(b. 1840, Paris, d. 1917, Meudon)

The Prodigal Son

1905
Bronze, height 138 cm
Musée Rodin, Paris

The Prodigal Son, with its many versions, is an example of Rodin's reuse and adaptation of favourite themes and compositions. It is derived from a figure originally planned low down on the right-hand panel of the doors, where it was combined with a fleeing female figure for the group called Fugit Amor (Love Flees).




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