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The Thinker
Auguste Rodin1880–81
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
<em>The Thinker </em>was first developed as part of Rodin's <em>The Gates of Hell</em>, a sculptured doorway for a proposed museum of decorative arts in Paris. Intended to be part of a relief directly above the doors, the rugged figure was originally conceived as a generalized image of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), who wrote the <em>Divine Comedy</em>.
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- Title: The Thinker
- Creator: Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
- Date Created: 1880–81
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 182.9 x 98.4 x 142.2 cm (72 x 38 3/4 x 56 in.)
- Provenance: purchased from the artist in 1916.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.42
- Medium: bronze
- Inscriptions: signed on base near sinister foot: "A. Rodin."
- Fun Fact: This enlarged version of <em>The Thinker </em>is one of less than 10 cast during Rodin's lifetime.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Ralph King
- Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1917.42
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