Orpheus and Eurydice. Etched by. Attributed to Michel Corneille l'Ancien (1602 - 1662) After. Agostino Carracci (1557 - 1602) Date. ca. 1590-95. Object type. Print. Medium. Etching. Dimensions. 227 mm ...

It was considered a simple copy, but turned out to be an extremely rare original by Auguste Rodin (Paris, 1840 - Meudon, 1917) small marble sculpture titled Le Désespoir (The Despair), made in 1892, ...

1 online resource Christopher Partridge's The Lyre of Orpheus is the first general introduction to the subject of religion and popular music. His aim in this book is to introduce a range of ...

Auguste Rodin, Le Désespoir, c. 1892-93. Courtesy of Rouillac. A Family Thought the Sculpture on Their Piano Was a ‘Fake’ Rodin. Now It’s Sold for Nearly $1 Million. A sculpture by French artist ...

(CNN) — A sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that had disappeared from public view for almost 120 years and was thought to be a copy has sold for 860,000 euros ($984,000) at auction. “Le ...

The small marble sculpture, believed to be a fake by its owners, ended up being the real deal: a 1892 Auguste Rodin. It sold for auction on Monday for nearly one million dollars.

Rennes, France: The owners thought the sculpture perched for years on the corner of a piano was a Rodin copy. After being declared as the real thing the small marble figure has now sold for $1.6 ...

A small marble sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, which was long thought to be a copy, has fetched €860,000 at an auction in France, at the Château de Villandry (Indre-et-Loire), according to ...

Described as an "extremely rare" find by auction organiser Aymeric Rouillac, the figure was in fact an 1892 work, "Despair" by Auguste Rodin, that had gone missing after being sold at auction in 1906.