The Old Courtesan (La Belle qui fut heaulmière) — Auguste Rodin | DiscoverArt

The Old Courtesan (La Belle qui fut heaulmière)

modeled ca. 1885, cast 1910

Bronze

27.9 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in)

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