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