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ID: 700008550 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008550 | Record Type: Movable Work |
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Das Höllentor (sculpture group; Auguste Rodin; production years: 1880-1917; Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland); ) | |
Note: Since 1949 the bronze sculpture group “The Gates of Hell” by Auguste Rodin has adorned the facade of the Zurich Kunsthaus. The 8-ton and almost 7-meter high Gate was created by the French sculptor Rodin between 1880 and 1917; it is one of 8 existing casts, comprising 186 figures from Dante’s Inferno. “The Gates of Hell” was restored in 2006. | |
Titles: |
Das Höllentor (preferred,C,U,RP,German-P,U,U) |
la Porte de l’Enfer (C,U,French-P,U,U) |
Gates of Hell (C,U,D,English-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: items |
sculpture group [300400898] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: production years: 1880-1917 |
Auguste Rodin [preferred,VP] |
artist Rodin, Auguste (French sculptor, 1840-1917) [500016619] |
Locations: |
Current: Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland) [500245760] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Address Note: on the fa$05cade of the Kunsthaus |
Display Materials: cast bronze |
bronze (metal) [300010957] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy) |
casting (process) [300053104] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity)) |
Dimensions: Height: 680 cm x Width: 400 cm x Depth: 85 cm; Weight: 8 tons; 186 figures |
conservation: 2006 |
French (preferred) |
literary (preferred) |
human figures |
Inferno [901001090] | |
.....((Divine Comedy, The, Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON) |
gates of hell [300404756] | |
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts, doctrinal concepts) (AAT) |
Hell [901000384] | |
.....((Christian legendary places, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Mouth of Hell [901000316] | |
.....((Hell, Christian legendary places, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
damned (people) [300379006] | |
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, <groups of people by state or condition>) (AAT) |
from same model .... La Porte de l’Enfer [700008549] | |
..........sculpture group; Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917); cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rud...; 1880-ca. 1890; cast in 1928; Musée Rodin (Paris, Île-de-France, France); S.1304; |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Das Höllentor | ........ [VP] |
........ Kunsthaus Zürich [online] (2000-) | |
la Porte de l’Enfer | ........ [VP] |
........ Kunsthaus Zürich [online] (2000-) | |
Gates of Hell | ........ [VP] |
........ Kunsthaus Zürich [online] (2000-) | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Kunsthaus Zürich [online] (2000-) | |
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