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Learn about some of the artists the modern painter was in dialogue with throughout his career.
Mellon Collection, 1937.1.72 Mark Rothko, Self-Portrait, 1936, © 1998 Kate
Medium etching, engraving, and drypoint on laid paper Credit Line Gift of Kate
Discover works by Leroy de Sennéville and learn about the artist
Honoré Fragonard, Love the Sentinel, c. 1773/1776, oil on canvas, In memory of Kate
Annibale Carracci, Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1606, etching on laid paper, Gift of Kate
Discover works by Mrs. John W. Simpson and learn about the artist
Simpson Simpson, Kate Seney American, c. 1869 – 1943 Explore Selected Works
Nineteenth-century viewers and critics were immediately taken with Rodin’s three-dimensional group, entitled Paolo and Francesca , the passionate lovers from the fifth canto of Dante’s Inferno . When one enthusiastic critic referred to it as The Kiss , the new title stuck, and the association with Dante’s ill-fated lovers gave way to a more contemporary, universal response to their passionate embrace.
In 1902 Rodin presented it as a souvenir to a loyal American patron, Kate Simpson
Waggoner Deputy Director Nancy Deiss, Elizabeth Pochter, Kerry Wallin Development Kate
Accession 1986.56.645.11 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Accession 1986.56.644.1-27 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Accession 1986.56.645.1-54 Copyright Copyright © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and
