National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
Aurora and Tithonus
Auguste Rodin
- Date
- 1905 or 1906
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- overall (greatest extension): 26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Statuette
- Accession number
- 1942.5.20
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson
- Time span
- 1901 to 1925
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- French
- European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century
- Romantic
- Aurora
- classical
- mythology
- Tithonus
Provenance
Acquired 1907 from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson, New York; gift 1942 to NGA.
Inscription
on truncated end below Tithonus' head: L'Aurore se leve de la / couche du beau Typhon / Metamorphose / d'Ovide; on the side under Tithonus' left elbow: hommage à Mme Kate Simpson / A Rodin / 1907
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