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Auguste Rodin
Severed Head of Saint John the Baptistcirca 1887-1907

Not on view
Marble or plaster sculpture of a partially emerged human face, eyes closed, resting within a rough, unfinished stone mass on a wide oval base
Plaster sculpture of a human head emerging from a rough, unfinished mass of material, with facial features partially defined and visible in profile, showing tooling marks across the surface.
Sculptural form in pale gray-white plaster or cast material, low and horizontally oriented with an irregular, rough-textured surface resembling a natural rock or boulder, photographed against a white background.
Artist or Maker
Auguste Rodin
France, Paris, 1840-1917
Title
Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1887-1907
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
8 x 15 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (20.32 x 40.01 x 34.29 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in memory of B. Gerald Cantor
Accession Number
AC1998.139.1
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.