DrawingsFrench19th century

Study for "The Gates of Hell": Shades Speaking to Dante

c. 1883

Artists

Auguste RodinArtist

Description

Drawing is irregularly shaped like an upside-down "L" and is laid down to tan paper, itself laid down to blue mount.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and white gouache over graphite on tan wove paper with ruled lines

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 19.4 x 11.8 cm (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Scott and Fowles, New York; acquired by Grenville L. Winthrop, January 1926 ($450); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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