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Auguste Rodin
Mother and Childcirca 1880-1881

Not on view
Irregular enamel or glazed ceramic plaque fragment with mottled black-and-white ground, featuring low-relief white figures of a nude woman holding an infant, with a second putto to the left
Rectangular metal printing plate with one clipped corner, lightly engraved with a small figurative scene and cursive script inscription running diagonally across the surface.
Three small ceramic plaques with low-relief figural scenes: a lavender-glazed rectangular fragment with reclining and seated figures, a pale olive-green rounded tablet with an entwined figure in shallow relief, and a black-and-white marbled fragment with a standing figure in white relief.
Artist or Maker
Auguste Rodin
France, Paris, 1840-1917
Manufacturer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
France, Sèvres, established 1756
Title
Mother and Child
Date Made
circa 1880-1881
Medium
Glazed hard-paste porcelain; black and light gray glazes
Dimensions
6 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in. (16.19 x 7.3 x 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in honor of its 25th Anniversary
Accession Number
M.2004.17.2
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Bondil, Nathalie, with Sophie Biass-Fabiani, eds. Metamorphoses: in Rodin's Studio. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2015.