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

Danaid (The Source)

1886-1902
Marble, 33 x 48 x 64 cm
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia

Rodin originally modelled this despairing figure from Greek mythology, condemned to eternally carry water from a leaking jug, for The Gates of Hell, but he did not include it in the final version.




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