Honoré de Balzac, by Auguste Rodin, 1891
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Honoré de Balzac

Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)

1891

Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
Art only: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) Block (art mounted to block: overall assembled height and block footprint ): 15 × 5 × 5 in. (38.1 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm) Weight on block, confirmed: 14.4 lb. (6.6 kg)
Culture
French
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1912
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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