Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1147: John the Baptist Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"John the Baptist (Auguste Rodin) , 1943.1147,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229674. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1147 People Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France) Title John the Baptist Other Titles Alternate Title: Saint John the Baptist Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1878-1881 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229674 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze with black patina Dimensions 80 x 54.6 x 44.5 cm (31 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on base: A. Rodin inscription: right rear of base, incised: 1ère Epreuve sur platre [see photo of detail: FB 98-R2-32 in curatorial file] label: interior of base, paper: No. 5914 label: now in curatorial file, paper, typewritten: BRONZE BY RODIN / "ST. JEAN BAPTISTE" / FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF MONSIEUR M. DANDRE / EXHIBITED: RODIN EXHIBITION, PARIS 1917. Provenance Recorded Ownership History ? Gustave Danthon, Paris (c. 1917 when it was exhibited in the Rodin exhibition at the Galerie Haussmann), sold; possibly to M. Dandré, Paris (c. 1920-25). [Scott & Fowles, New York, NY (1927)] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequested; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1147 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Georges Grappe, Rodin, Oxford University Press (NY) and Oxford University Press (UK) (New York, NY, 1939), p. 143, repr. no. 8-10 Ionel Jianou and Cecile Goldscheider, Rodin, Editions d'Art, Arted, Paris (Paris, France, 1967), p. 87 John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 368 Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 148, p. 131, repr. Nathan Goldstein, Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy, and Expressive Design of Human Form, Pearson Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2004), repr. as fig. 4.59 on p. 156 [front], fig. 4.64 on p. 158 [back], in b/w Laure de Margerie, French Sculpture: An American Passion, Snoeck and Institut National d'Historie de l'arte (Ghent, 2023), p. 432 Exhibition History Rodin Exhibition, Galerie Haussmann, Paris, Paris, 11/06/1917 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
