The Thinker
Modeled 1880-1881, enlarged 1902-1904; cast 1919
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
Reproduction of parts of the Chateau d'Issy
1929
Architect Paul Philippe Cret, American, 1876 - 1945, and architect Jacques Gréber, French, 1882 - 1962
Auguste Rodin originally conceived a smaller version of this sculpture to sit atop his monumental bronze portal entitled The Gates of Hell (1880-1917). The figure was intended to represent Italian poet Dante Alighieri pondering The Divine Comedy, his epic story of Paradise and Inferno. However, in 1889 Rodin exhibited the sculpture independently of The Gates, giving it the title The Thinker, and in 1902 he embarked on this larger version.
The Meudon Gate, designed by Paul Philippe Cret and Jacques Gréber to stand at the entrance to the Rodin Museum, is a replica of the facade of the late seventeenth-century Château d’Issy, which was reassembled by Auguste Rodin on his property at Meudon, just outside Paris.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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Adam
Modeled 1880-1881; cast 1925
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
Adam was conceived in 1880-1881 and first exhibited at the Paris Salon that year entitled The Creation of Man.
The Meudon Gate, designed by Paul Philippe Cret and Jacques Gréber to stand at the entrance to the Rodin Museum, is a replica of the facade of the late seventeenth-century Château d’Issy, which was reassembled by Auguste Rodin on his property at Meudon, just outside Paris.
Adam was returned to the niche in Meudon Gate in 2012, where it was originally placed when the museum first opened to the public,
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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The Shade
Modeled 1881-1886, enlarged 1901-1904; cast 1923
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
The Shade, sometimes referred to as The Slave or The Titan, was conceived around 1880 and used in triplicate as part of Rodin's large-scale work, The Gates of Hell. In addition to the solo version, that also evolved into a full size sculpture called The Three Shades. The original figure had no right hand. Rodin had Josef Maratka add one in 1904 for both the individual figure and The Three Shades.
The Meudon Gate, designed by Paul Philippe Cret and Jacques Gréber to stand at the entrance to the Rodin Museum, is a replica of the facade of the late seventeenth-century Château d’Issy, which was reassembled by Auguste Rodin on his property at Meudon, just outside Paris.
The Shade was returned to the niche in Meudon Gate in 2012, where it was originally placed when the museum first opened to the public, mirroring the arrangement at Meudon, and stood until 1963.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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The Thinker
Modeled 1880-1881, enlarged 1902-1904; cast 1919
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
Auguste Rodin originally conceived a smaller version of this sculpture to sit atop his monumental bronze portal entitled The Gates of Hell (1880-1917). The figure was intended to represent Italian poet Dante Alighieri pondering The Divine Comedy, his epic story of Paradise and Inferno. However, in 1889 Rodin exhibited the sculpture independently of The Gates, giving it the title The Thinker, and in 1902 he embarked on this larger version.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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The Thinker
Modeled 1880-1881, enlarged 1902-1904; cast 1919
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
Reproduction of parts of the Chateau d'Issy
1929
Architect Paul Philippe Cret, American, 1876 - 1945, and architect Jacques Gréber, French, 1882 - 1962
Auguste Rodin originally conceived a smaller version of this sculpture to sit atop his monumental bronze portal entitled The Gates of Hell (1880-1917). The figure was intended to represent Italian poet Dante Alighieri pondering The Divine Comedy, his epic story of Paradise and Inferno. However, in 1889 Rodin exhibited the sculpture independently of The Gates, giving it the title The Thinker, and in 1902 he embarked on this larger version.
The Meudon Gate, designed by Paul Philippe Cret and Jacques Gréber to stand at the entrance to the Rodin Museum, is a replica of the facade of the late seventeenth-century Château d’Issy, which was reassembled by Auguste Rodin on his property at Meudon, just outside Paris.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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