Why it matters
A kneeling young woman pleads with a man who is being led away by an old woman. Claudel made it in the years after her separation from Rodin.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1894–1900.
- The French state commissioned it in 1895 but cancelled the commission in 1899.
- The two bronzes are in the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée Rodin.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Mature Age (CC BY-SA 4.0).
