Misfortune surrounded Rodin: his mother, who had wanted to see her son marry, was dead, and his father was blind and senile, cared for by Rodin's sister-in-law, Aunt Thérèse.
Otur förföljde Rodin: hans mor, som hade velat se sin son gifta sig, var död och hans far var blind och gammal och togs omhand av Rodins svägerska, tant Thérèse.