A relatively clear look at the figures, in the round and in relief, on the Gates of Hell.
Mendocino
Matt Leach discusses Charles Marchant Stevenson paintings (Mendocino 2009). Shown here: The Gates of Hell (1994). Photo: CG Blick
Paris: Musée d’Orsay
The original plaster cast for Auguste Rodin’s Gates of Hell (Porte d’Enfer) at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Paris: Rodin Museum
The Gates of Hell (Porte d’Enfer) at the Rodin Museum, Hotel Biron, Paris, is one of the original three bronze casts. The other two originals are Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. and the National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Park, Tokyo.The Three Shades, detail from the Gates of Hell at the Rodin Museum, Hotel Biron, Paris (1880).The Three Shades, Auguste Rodin’s stand-alone cast bronze enlargement of the grouping at the top of his Gates of Hell.The Three Shades: Matt Leach in the garden of the Hotel Biron (1991). Watercolor (15” x 10”). Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. White mat and narrow gold metal frame. SKU: CS199119*Auguste Rodin’s Three Shades (detail), in the sculpture garden of the Rodin Museum, Hotel Biron, Paris. Photo: Bob Blick (2016)Detail from the Gates of Hell, Rodin Museum, Hotel Biron, Paris.The Thinker, detail from the Gates of Hell, Rodin Museum, Hotel Biron, Paris. Photo: courtesy of Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Wikimedia Commons.
Philadelphia
The Gates of Hell (detail showing patina), at the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the original three bronze casts. Photo courtesy of I-Okatah
Tokyo
One of the three original bronze castings of The Gates of Hell, in the collection of The National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, Tokyo. Photo: Norihiro UenoThe extensive Rodin collection in the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, Tokyo. includes The Thinker (shown here), a cast bronze enlargement of the figure seated just below the Three Shades on The Gates of Hell.
Seoul
Rodin’s Gates of Hell at the Rodin Museum, part of the Samsung complex at the base of the Great South Gate along TaePyong-Ro, Seoul, South Korea.
Philadelphia
The Gates of Hell (detail showing patina), at the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the original three bronze casts. Photo courtesy of I-Okatah.jpg
Palo Alto
Rodin’s Gates of Hell, flanked by Rodin’s figures of Adam and Eve, at the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. The Rodin Sculpture Garden is open at all hours, with lighting for nighttime viewing.
San Francisco
Auguste Rodin’s Three Shades (cast bronze), gift of Alma Spreckels, are part of the large Rodin collection at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Shades are Rodin’s enlargement of the figures crowning his Gates of Hell.
Mexico City
La Puerta del Infierno (The Gates of Hell), Museo Soumaya, Mexico City. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Zurich
Since 1949, Rodin’s cast bronze sculpture, The Gates of Hell, has been mounted on the facade of the Kunsthaus Zürich. Auguste Rodin before his Gates of Hell.
