From Rodin (1840-1917), we knew the Greco-Roman influences (the
Man with the broken nose
in the imaginary portrait of Homer, the
Belvedere Torso
in his
Thinker
, the fragment of
Achilles and Pentésilée
in the
Walking Man
, etc.) or Renaissance (Dante, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Michelangelo in his
Gates of Hell
).
On the other hand, his passion for ancient Egypt was much less measured.
Helped by archaeologists, restorers and a handful of students, Bénédicte Garnier, in charge of the antiques collection, researched this subject for fifteen years.
With Nathalie Lienhard, head of the library at the Center for Egyptological Research at the Sorbonne, she is exhibiting it at the Hôtel Biron in 400 ancient or modern, modest or marvelous objects, all restored for the occasion.
The route first evokes the sculptor's personal collection: of its 6,400 objects, more than 1,000 come from the pharaonic era.
A very large majority was in reserve in the villa-workshop of Les Brillants in…
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