更新日 2025.04.10 | 10 April 2025
展示中 常設展 | Permanent collection
Auguste Rodin
Paris, 1840 - Meudon, 1917
オルフェウス Orpheus
| 制作年 | 1908年（原型）、1921年（鋳造） |
|---|---|
| 材質・技法・形状 | ブロンズ |
| 寸法（cm） | 146 x 80 x 126 |
| 署名・年記 | 台座右下に署名: A. Rodin; 台座左側面後方に鋳造銘: Alexis Rudier / Fondeur Paris |
| 所蔵経緯 | 松方コレクション |
| Standard ref. | M1285 |
| 分類 | 彫刻 |
| 所蔵番号 | S.1959-0037 |
オルフェウスはギリシャ神話に出てくる人物でアポロンとニンフの子といわれ、その絶妙な竪琴の調べで野獣や木や岩をも魅了したといわれる。妻エウリュディケーの死に逢って悲しみのあまり黄泉の国に降りて行き、冥府の神々に愛妻の復活を訴えた。絶望にうちふるえて竪琴をかきならすオルフェウスをロダンは激流のような姿態に託して表現している。石膏による原型制作は1892年頃で、その時は肩の上にミューズを載せていたが、ブロンズ作品ではそれが省かれている。（出典: 国立西洋美術館名作選. 東京, 国立西洋美術館, 2006. cat. no. 139）
来歴
松方幸次郎氏購入; 1944年フランス政府が接収; 1959年フランス政府より寄贈返還
展覧会歴
- 1966
- ロダン展: 没後50年記念, 国立西洋美術館, 1966年7月23日-1966年9月11日, cat. no. 80
- 1996
- [子どものための美術展] どうして像はつくられたの?, 東京国立博物館, 1996年7月2日-1996年9月1日
文献歴
- 1990
- 神戸市立博物館編. 松方コレクション西洋美術総目録. 神戸, 「松方コレクション展」実行委員会, 1990, cat. no. S-51.
- 2006
- 国立西洋美術館名作選. 東京, 国立西洋美術館; 東京, 西洋美術振興財団, 2006, no. 139, repr.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 139, repr.
- 2013
- 国立西洋美術館名作選. 東京, 西洋美術振興財団, 2013, no. 137, col. repr.
- 2019
- 松方コレクション：西洋美術全作品. 川口雅子; 陳岡めぐみ編. 第2巻 彫刻・素描・版画・工芸その他, 東京, 国立西洋美術館, 2019, cat. no. 1285, col. repr.
Orpheus
| Date | 1908 (model), 1921 (cast) |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | bronze |
| Size（cm） | 146 x 80 x 126 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right of base: A. Rodin; Foundry mark back left side of base: Alexis Rudier / Fondeur Paris |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1285 |
| Category | Sculptures |
| Collection Number | S.1959-0037 |
Orpheus, a figure who appears in Greek mythology as the son of Apollo and a Nymph, was known for his beautiful lyre playing which charmed the wild beasts, trees and rocks. In despair over the death of his wife Eurydice, Orpheus visited Hades where he appealed to the Gods of Hell for the return of his beloved wife. A striking image of Orpheus lost in deep despair as he plays the lyre can be seen in the flowing form of Rodin's sculpture. Rodin created the original plaster model for this work around 1892, and this first form had a Muse seated on Orpheus' shoulder, but this secondary figure, exhibited at the Salon in 1908, was removed from the bronze. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no. 139)
Provenance
Bought from Musée Rodin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. July 1921, as ‘Orphée’ (Fr. 25,000) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., July 1921, in Archives of Musée Rodin, 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. 80
- 1996
- [Exhibition for Children] “What were the Sculptures Made for?”, Tokyo National Museum, 2 July 1996 - 1 September 1996
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-51.
- 2006
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 139, repr.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 139, repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 137, col. repr.
- 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. 1285, col. repr.