Modernism · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 191843
Honoré de Balzac
Auguste Rodin, 1891
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Rogers Fund, 1912. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 23.5 cm high
- Era
- Modernism
Why it matters
One of Rodin’s many studies for his monument to Balzac, this compact portrait demonstrates how repeated modeling and revision could pursue character rather than literal likeness.