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Artist
Creation date
modeled 1885, cast 1960
Materials
bronze
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 23 x 17 in.
Credit line
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor
Accession number
68.32
Collection
Currently On View In
Norb and Ruth Schaefer, Sr. & Norb and Carolyn Schaefer Gallery - H211
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.
B. Gerald Cantor [1916-1996], Los Angeles; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1968 (68.32).