ID: 700008549 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008549	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

La Porte de l’Enfer (sculpture group; Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917); cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rud...; 1880-ca. 1890; cast in 1928; Musée Rodin (Paris, Île-de-France, France); S.1304; )

Note: The Gates of Hell occupied a unique place in Rodin’s oeuvre. Working feverishly on this project for several years, he created over 200 figures and groups that formed a breeding ground for ideas which he drew on for the rest of his working life. Having hoped to exhibit his Gates at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, but probably too busy to finish them, the sculptor stopped working on them circa 1890. Not until 1917 did Léonce Bénédite, the Musée Rodin’s first curator, manage to persuade the sculptor to allow him to reconstruct his masterpiece in order to have it cast in bronze. Rodin died before seeing the result of all these long years of effort.

Titles:

La Porte de l’Enfer (preferred,C,U,French-P,U,U)

Gates of Hell (C,U,D,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: items

Work Types:

sculpture group [300400898] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1880-ca. 1890; cast in 1928

Creator Display:

Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917); cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier [preferred,VP]

maker Fonderie Alexis Rudier (French foundry, 1874-1952) [500372631]

sculptor Rodin, Auguste (French sculptor, 1840-1917) [500016619]

Locations:

Current: Musée Rodin (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500310590] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: S.1304

Display Materials: bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: H. 635 cm ; W. 400 cm ; D. 85 cm

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	gates of hell [300404756]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts, doctrinal concepts) (AAT)

	Inferno [901001090]
	.....((Divine Comedy, The, Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Hell [901000384]
	.....((Christian legendary places, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mouth of Hell [901000316]
	.....((Hell, Christian legendary places, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	human figures (visual works) [300404114]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

Related Works:

	from same model .... Das Höllentor [700008550]
	..........sculpture group; Auguste Rodin; production years: 1880-1917; Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland);

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
La Porte de l’Enfer	........ [VP]
	........ Musée Rodin [online] (2008-)
Gates of Hell	........ [VP]
	........ Musée Rodin [online] (2008-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Musée Rodin [online] (2008-)