Bust of Victor Hugo
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)1883
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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Description
Unlike most of Rodin’s portraits, the bust of Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was made from memory because the famous French writer refused to sit for the artist. Among Hugo’s best-known novels are The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
Medium
bronze
