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, Vive l'impressionisme! Topstukken uit Nederlandse collecties., 10 October 2024-26 January 2025
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
Bogman, Suzanne, Dijk, Maite van, Donders, Bram, Blokland, Ann, Van Gogh Museum : portret : 2006-2019 = Van Gogh Museum : portait : 2006-2019, Amsterdam, 2019, p. 94-95
Aste, Richard, Small, Lisa, French moderns : Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950, New York, 2017, p. 126-127
Viéville, D., Magnien, A., Blanchetière, François, Guide des collections du musée Rodin, Paris, 2008, p. 56
Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Kisters, Sandra, Coelen, Peter van der, Cohen Tervaert, Renske, Donders, Bram, Dijke, Frouke van, Hinterding, Erik, Janssen, Merle, Lamoen, Frank van, Leeman, Fred, Lienden, Anne van, Reynaerts, Jenny, Rummens, Maurice, Sainsaulieu, Marie-Caroline, Smit, Lisa, Vries, Nelleke de, 150 jaar impressionisme : het licht breekt door in Nederland, Bussem, 2024