• The Martyr or The Little Martyr is a c.1885 plaster sculpture of a naked dead or sleeping female figure by Auguste Rodin, now in the Musee Rodin.[1].
  • No detail nor element enable the martyr to be identified or recall the circumstances of her agony, which seems more moral or internal than physical.
  • The ambiguous nature of The Martyr emerges from the feelings of both suffering and ecstasy she expresses, reflecting Rodin's conception of love.
  • On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 548. The Martyr was originally a standing figure on the lintel of The Gates of Hell.
  • 'The Martyr' is an edition of 9 in patinated foundry bronze, with a polished granite base.
  • wall label: With her outstretched, contorted limbs, The Martyr could well be the quintessential form of The Gates of Hell, signifying emotional as well as...
  • The subverted martyrs, women, children, demons, and hybrid beings which populate his sculpted imagination appear to be suffering greatly, as though their very...
  • The Martyr or The Little Martyr is a c.1885 plaster sculpture of a naked dead or sleeping female figure by Auguste Rodin, now in the Musee Rodin.
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  • Martyr (2017) Wax, paint, glass doll eyes, 90 x 25 x 35 cm This sculpture was produced for exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Versus Rodin: Bodies...