The Gates of Hell

Auguste Rodin · 1880

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Museo Soumaya

Mexico City

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.

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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.

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 It also holds Mexican art, religious relics, and historical documents and coins.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.