Sorrow is a fine example of Rodin's so-called découpage technique, a technique that Rodin regularly used by isolating elements from larger sculpture groups and working them out separately. The sculptor repeated the head in the The Gates of Hell (c. 1880-1890), in Fugit Amor (c. 1885), The Prodigal Son (1905), la Centauresse (1901-1904) and also in Ugolino (between 1882 and 1906). The Musée Rodin owns a version of the representation in plaster in bronze. Besides the undeniable artistic value, Sorrow also has an important historical value. It illustrates the close bond between the sculptor and Emile Verhaeren, who received this sculpture as a gift in mid-1915 on the occasion of a reading session where Rodin had become acquainted with Verhaeren's war poems.
| Artist |
Auguste Rodin
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| Title | Sorrow |
| Date | ca. 1903 - 1904 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription: A[u poet]e Emile Verhaeren / son ami Rodin |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | gypsum AAT |
| Inventory number | 2017-JR |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 2017 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2017-JR |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7052/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31B6217 eyes closed Iconclass 31B6232 mouth slightly open Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Iconclass 56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Impressionist (style) AAT |
| Parijs-Brussel. Brussel-Parijs. Realisme, impressionisme, symbolisme, art nouveau : De artistieke dialoog tussen Frankrijk en België, 1848-1914 (tentoonstelling Parijs, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 21 maart - 14 juli 1997 ; Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 6 september - 14 december 1997) / Robert Hoozee, Anne Pingeot. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1997 ; Parijs : Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1997 (p. 216) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 181, cat. 182 (ill.)) |
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