after 1895, cast c.1916-1917
47.6 x 24.5 x 15.2 cm (18 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 6 in.)
Auguste Rodin, the artist, gift; to Emile Chouanard, Paris, 1890. [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, possibly 1923 or 1925, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Notes [1] Dates of June 18 or October 4 1923 or Sept 24 1925 have been suggested for Winthrop's acquisition.
Leaded bronze
5th-2nd century BCEItalicGilt bronze
6th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalianMolded medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground (the drum made separately from the stand on which it rests)
2nd-1st century BCEChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseTerracotta
17th-18th centuryItalianFaience
11th-10th century BCEEgyptianBronze
18th-19th centuryFrenchPlaster
20th centuryByzantineTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekConstruction of painted cardboard
20th centuryAmerican