The Gates of Hell
Auguste Rodin · 1880
Museo Soumaya
Mexico City · Founded 1994
The largest collection of Rodin outside France, behind a silver facade that curves like poured metal. Sixty-six thousand works across thirty centuries, in a private museum with two buildings in the city.
- 1994
- Founded
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The Kiss
Auguste Rodin, 1880. The Kiss is an 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
The Gates of Hell
Auguste Rodin · 1880
The Gates of Hell is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by the French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the Inferno, the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep (19.7×13.1×3.3 ft) and contains 180 figures.
Jean d'Aire
Auguste Rodin · 1885
Jean d'Aire is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, first conceived around 1885 as part of the planning for his group The Burghers of Calais. == Versions == After the first group modello, he made individual studies of each figure.
Mary Magdalene as Melancholy
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1620
Mary Magdalene as Melancholy is a 1622 to 1625 painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, showing Mary Magdalene as a personification of Melancholia. It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.
The Shade
Auguste Rodin · 1880
The Shade, The Slave or The Titan is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin.
The succubus
Auguste Rodin · 1889
The Succubus is a bronze sculpture with a green and dark brown patina. It was originally conceived in 1889 by the French artist Auguste Rodin as part of a set of works showing sirens and Nereids. It later formed part of his state-commissioned monument to Victor Hugo. It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.
The collections
The Museo Soumaya has a collection of over 66,000 pieces of art. The majority of the art consists of European works from the 15th to the 20th centuries. It also holds Mexican art, religious relics, and historical documents and coins. The museum contains the world's largest collection of pre-Hispanic and colonial era coins. The museum holds the largest collection of casts of sculptures by Auguste Rodin outside France, and the world's largest private collection of his art.
Artists
France · 1840–1917
François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work.
France · 1841–1919 · Impressionism
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French Impressionist artist. In his depiction of feminine beauty, Renoir has been described as "the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."
Dutch · 1853–1890 · Post-impressionism
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
Papal States · 1593–1653
Artemisia Lomi Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio.
Greek · 1541–1614 · Spanish Renaissance
Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time.
France · 1840–1926
Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.
Artworks
Reclining Nude
Henri Lebasque · 1923
The Virgin and the Child with the Crown of Thorns and Three Nails
Sandro Botticelli · 1477
Adoration of the Magi with Camels
El Greco · 1568
A Bearded Man
Peter Paul Rubens · 1618
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros · 1835
Lamentation of Christ
Jacopo Tintoretto · 1555
Vision of San Juan in Patmos-Tenochtitlan
Francisco Antonio Vallejo · 1771
A Mediterranean Port
Joseph Vernet · 1771
Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1670
Plan your visit
Hours
Open daily, 10.30am to 6.30pm. Confirm on www.museosoumaya.org before you travel.
Admission
Free.
Getting there
Plaza Carso, Bulevar Cervantes Saavedra esquina Presa Falcón, Ampliación Granada, Miguel Hidalgo, 11529, Ciudad de México.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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