Bacchante (Grapes or Autumn)

Auguste Rodin

ca. 1874 · Terracotta, wood base · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

During the long years of poverty before his fame, Rodin worked for the commercial sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and created fashionable works like this one in his master’s style. Bright, charming, and devoid of inner life, it represents all that Rodin rejected in contemporary sculpture. He later said, "Nothing I ever did for Belleuse interested me."

Artist

Auguste Rodin

Date

ca. 1874

Medium

Terracotta, wood base

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1975