The Martyr #5

Artist
nationality
French
birth-death
1840-1917
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
bronze
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 23 x 17 in.
Currently On View
Location
Norb & Ruth Schaefer, Sr. and Norb & Carolyn Schaefer Jr. Gallery
Credit line
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor
Accession number
68.32
Provenance
B. Gerald Cantor [1916-1996], Los Angeles; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1968 (68.32).
Gallery Label

With her outstretched, contorted limbs, The Martyr could well be the quintessential form of The Gates of Hell, signifying emotional as well as physical torment. As an independent figure, she appears here in a horizontal format. Within The Gates, Rodin assigned her an upright position in the lintel, situated just to the left of The Thinker.

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