Updated 24 November 2021
Currently not on display
Dante and Virgil (title to be reconsidered; see comment below)
Date | 19 C |
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Materials and Techniques | ink on paper |
Size(cm) | 17.0 x 12.0 |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1756 |
Category | Drawings |
Collection Number | D.1959-0057 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, through Léonce Bénédite, ca. April 1920, as ‘un dessin de Rodin pour “la Porte de l’Enfer”’ (Fr. 500) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., March-April 1920, in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris; copy in NMWA curatorial files]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1966
- Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 141
- 2012
- Traces of Hands: Sculpture and Drawings by Rodin and Bourdelle from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 3 November 2012 - 27 January 2013, cat. no. 71
Bibliography
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-256.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1295.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1756, col. repr.