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

Work Types:

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>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: production years: 1880-1917

Creator Display:

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

Events:

conservation: 2006

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	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)

Related Works:

	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-)