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Alphonse Legros: M.1-1959

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Alphonse Legros

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Rodin, Auguste
Founder: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Bronze, cast, with brown patina. Head and neck facing front. Wavy hair, side-whiskers, and curling beard with thick moustache. On brown marble plinth. Unsigned and no foundry mark

Legal notes

Bequeathed by G.J.F. Knowles

Measurements and weight

Height: 31.75 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1959) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Dating

19th Century, Late
Production date: after AD 1882

Note

In 1881, Rodin visited the French painter and engraver, Alphonse Legros, in London, where the latter spent most of his career. On 23 November that year, Legros agreed to sit for a portrait. The sittings took place at the studio of Gustave Natorp in Paris and the portrait was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, London, in 1882. Legros saw it there and wrote to Rodin on 6 May 1882 telling him that he found it admirable. The present bronze is one of about 10 known casts, the majority of which were produced by the founder Alexis Rudier in Paris.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Plinth composed of marble ( brown) Height 12 cm
Head composed of bronze

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and patinated

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.1-1959
Primary reference Number: 13625
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1959

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 23 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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