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| 2023-05-08 065 Father Pierre-Julien Eymard (clay 1863, bronze 1925); Rodin Museum, Philadelphia |
| Distraught over the death of his older sister, Rodin briefly entered a monastery in 1862-63, during which time he made this portrait of Father Pierre-Julien Eymard (French, 1811-1868), the founder of the Society of the Blessed Sacrament. The pronounced bone structure and hollows of Eymards's face, as well as his horn-like locks of hair, suggest some of the young sculptor's expressive potential. |