The Martyr (sculpture)

The martyr
French: La martyre

Artist	Auguste Rodin
Year	1885 (1885)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Dimensions	27.6 cm × 148 cm × 98.5 cm (7.0 in × 37.6 in × 25 in)
Location	Museo Soumaya, Mexico City

The Martyr is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin. The sculpture was modeled in 1885 and depicts a naked dead or sleeping female figure in blackened bronze.

Originally conceived as part of The Gates of Hell, Rodin removed the figure, and created an enlarged independent version.^[1]^[2] The figure currently is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[3]

References

Auguste Rodin (1840–1917)

Works	The Age of Bronze The Walking Man The Thinker locations The Kiss The Gates of Hell Monument to Balzac Crouching Woman Adam and Eve Man with the Broken Nose Saint John the Baptist (1880/1907) The Martyr (1885) The Burghers of Calais (1884–1889) The Prodigal Son Brother and Sister (1890) Cybele (1890/1904) The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898–1899)

People and places	Camille Claudel Hôtel Biron, Paris Musée Rodin, Paris Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Plateau, Seoul

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