About this artwork
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artist:Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) French
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title:Le lion qui pleure (The Weeping Lion)
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date created:Dated 1881
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:26.70 x 32.90 x 15.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Sir David Young Cameron 1945
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accession number:NG 2054
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Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin
Despite difficult beginnings and the repeated rejection of his work by the Paris Salon, Rodin persevered to become one of the most famous sculptors in history. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he left Paris for Brussels, but it was a trip to Italy in 1876 that proved to be...
