She Who Was Once the Helmet-Maker's Beautiful Wife

Currently on view

Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917), Paris, c. 1885-1887 (design), c. 1953-1940 (cast)

bronze with dark brown and dark blue patina, 50 cm x 31.5 cm x 25 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)

Object number
v0285S2013
Dimensions
50 cm x 31.5 cm, 25 cm x 17.8
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris; acquired from the Musée Rodin by Eugène Rudier, Le Vésinet, c. 1935-1943; sold by Eugène Rudier to M.E.P. Mérat, c. 1945; after his death bequeathed to his heirs, France; sold by these heirs to a private collector, Norway, 2009; consigned by this private collector to auction New York, Sotheby’s (Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale), lot 67 (Celle qui fut la belle heaulmière), unsold, 2 May 2012; sold by Robert Bowman Gallery, London to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 18 March 2013.
artist
Auguste Rodin
founder
Fonderie Alexis Rudier
Jean Limet
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Golden Boy Gustav Klimt., 7 October 2022-8 January 2023

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Ongekend. Verhalen rond 10 jaar aanwinsten, 5 February-12 September 2021

Maastricht, MECC, TEFAF Maastricht, 15-24 March 2013

Aste, Richard, Small, L., French moderns : Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950, 2017, p. 126-127

Viéville, D., Magnien, A., Blanchetière, F., Guide des collections du musée Rodin, 2008, p. 56

Bogman, Suzanne, Dijk, Maite van, Donders, Bram, Blokland, Ann, Van Gogh Museum : portret : 2006-2019 = Van Gogh Museum : portait : 2006-2019, 2019, p. 94-95

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