Rodin: The Age of Bronze in the Musée d’Orsay — the first copy ever cast (by the Thiebault Brothers) had a modesty cover for the male genitals.
The Age of Bronze / L’Âge d’airain was the first large-scale sculpture made by Auguste Rodin (1840–1917).
An important breakthrough for L’Âge d’airain (and Rodin) came in 1880 when the French state ordered a bronze copy. This first bronze version was ordered with a leaf covering the genitals. It was originally displayed in the Jardin de Luxembourg and is currently in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris (with modesty cover permanently in place).
