Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010770The Sirens
About the Artwork
Rodin intended The Gates of Hell (based on Dante’s The Divine Comedy) to be the great work of his life. It was never executed as originally planned, but Rodin created a number of sculptures for the project that were later treated separately. Among them was this group of three nude women entitled The Sirens.
Inscriptions
on back: Alexis Rudier/Fondeur 1889, Paris; on inside, separate piece: A. Rodin; on front, left: A. Rodin. Sticker on inside: P. Navez Exposition de Pittsburgh les Syrenes Collection Rodin (du Musée Rodin) No. 131.
Provenance
Mrs. Ralph King, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Exhibition history
Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 43.2 x 41.6 x 30.5 cm (17 x 16 3/8 x 12 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
- Accession no.
- 1946.350
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