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Les Damnées
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Les Damnées

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917), artist · 1885–1895 · bronze

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Rodin derived this couple, whose twisted bodies are locked painfully together, from the naked figures writhing in agony in his monumental sculpture The Gates of Hell.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLes Damnées, 1885–1895. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; overall: 25.6 x 41.9 x 27 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn, 1972.278

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