The Fall of the Angels
c. 1890–1900
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- 53.5 × 69.9 × 40.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-191897
The entwined couple in this sculpture recalls the figures on Rodin’s monumental doorway The Gates of Hell. Struck by Dante Alighieri’s descriptions of the damned suffering in hell because of their sins of the flesh, Rodin populated his portal with embracing lovers symbolic of carnal desire and sensual pleasure. Here, a winged figure alludes to the biblical account of the angels who were cast out of Heaven after siding with Satan (Revelation 12:4). Rodin preferred marble for erotic subjects. The juxtaposition between the smooth, sensual surfaces of the figures and the rough-hewn areas below gi…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle, 1960.85
Registry history
- c. 1890–1900 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — sculpture
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