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Jules Breton - Kergoat's forgiveness
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Yan' Dargent - The washerwomen of the night
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Louis Eugène Boudin - View of the port of Quimper
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Émile Renouf - The widow of the île de Sein
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Peter Paul Rubens - The martyrdom of Saint Lucia
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Nicolò dell'Abate  - The sleep of Venus
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Bartolo di Fredi - St. Paul
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François Boucher - The abduction of Proserpina
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Hubert Robert - Night party in the gardens of the Petit Trianon
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Adélaïde Labille-Guiard  - Portrait of a woman
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot - View of Pierrefonds Castle
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Évariste-Vital Luminais - The escape of King Gradlon
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Théodore Chassériau - Portrait of a woman of Cabarrus
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Wilhelm List - The miracle of the roses
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Paul Gauguin - Pilgrimage saddlebag
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Maxime Maufra - View of the port of Pont-Aven
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Maurice Denis - Regatta in Perros-Guirec
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Paul Sérusier - The spell (The sacred grove)
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Félix Vallotton - Landscape with Trees (or Last Rays)
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Auguste Rodin - The Shadow
Jules Breton - Kergoat's forgiveness
Yan' Dargent - The washerwomen of the night
Louis Eugène Boudin - View of the port of Quimper
Émile Renouf - The widow of the île de Sein
Peter Paul Rubens - The martyrdom of Saint Lucia
Nicolò dell'Abate  - The sleep of Venus
Bartolo di Fredi - St. Paul
François Boucher - The abduction of Proserpina
Hubert Robert - Night party in the gardens of the Petit Trianon
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard  - Portrait of a woman
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot - View of Pierrefonds Castle
Évariste-Vital Luminais - The escape of King Gradlon
Théodore Chassériau - Portrait of a woman of Cabarrus
Wilhelm List - The miracle of the roses
Paul Gauguin - Pilgrimage saddlebag
Maxime Maufra - View of the port of Pont-Aven
Maurice Denis - Regatta in Perros-Guirec
Paul Sérusier - The spell (The sacred grove)
Félix Vallotton - Landscape with Trees (or Last Rays)
Auguste Rodin - The Shadow

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Description

"Abandon all hope or you who enter". This is the warning given to us by this plaster cast by Rodin. The three men are, looking at them, all in the same depressed position: back bent, head down, one arm forward and one leg bent. How come? With the arm outstretched towards the ground, the white shadows seem to be sucked into by a dark underground force. And for good reason, they join the damned of Hell's Gate.

Part of a much more ambitious work, silhouettes dominate the composition.

The sculpture is inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. After a work of modeling the clay, a plaster is cast, the first steps in the modeling of the sculpture before casting the bronze.

The state commissioned Rodin's Gate to Hell in 1880 to welcome visitors to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, which the government intended to create. He had to bring together his most famous sculptures such as The Thinker or The Kiss. The work was never completed, however the artist exhibited a plaster version of it in a solo exhibition in 1900.

The Shadows entered the museum's collection in 1914, when Rodin was still alive. Forgotten in the reserves of state deposits for many years, they have deteriorated. The national inventory made it possible to rediscover the piece. In 2006 a restoration was undertaken for the work: the left arms of two figures were redone and everything was stabilized on a wooden support.


© Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper.


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