After Auguste RODIN(1840-1917) The Hand of God Model created circa 1896-1908 Bronze with brown patina Inscribed "A. Rodin Bears the founder's stamp "C. VALSUANI / CIRE / PERDUE". Height Height : 16 cm Provenance: Jacques & Michèle GINEPRO Collection Related works : - Auguste Rodin, La Main de Dieu, cast between 1909 and 1918, bronze, H. 96.5 x W. 62.2 x 43.1 cm, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute of Art, inv. 20.14.5 ; - Auguste Rodin, La Main de Dieu, 1898, plaster, H. 36.5 x W. 33.3 x D.23.2 cm, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. S.1830 ; - Auguste Rodin, La Main de Dieu, grand modèle, 1898, plaster, H. 73 x W. 64.7 x D. 51 cm, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. S.2456. Related literature: -Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Les bronzes de Rodin, catalog des œuvres au Musée Rodin, Paris, Musée Rodin RMN, 2007, vol. 2, model illustrated under fig. 3, p. 500. Expert: Cabinet LACROIX & JEANNEST