Auguste Rodin
In August 1910 MacCameron noted in his journal that he had visited "Rodin, the greatest of sculptors—he is a charming person—a splendid big head, with light grey warm creamy hair and beard. . . . I am [interested] in the idea of painting a good portrait of [him]." The likeness, completed by late September, shows the sculptor holding a model of his iconic work The Thinker. Rodin and MacCameron discussed sending the portrait to The Met, but it traveled instead to New York's Academy of Design and Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute. Collector and financier J. Pierpont Morgan aquired it and, in 1912, he gave it to The Met, where it hung in a new gallery dedicated to Rodin.
Artwork Details
- Title: Auguste Rodin
- Artist: Robert MacCameron (1866–1912)
- Date: 1910
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 39 5/16 x 31 15/16 in. (99.8 x 81.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912
- Object Number: 12.171
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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