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The Thinker

  • Also Known As: The Poet
  • Type: Sculpture

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object


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Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1881/00/00 Auguste Rodin Sculptor Rodin models "The Thinker" in plaster, 1880-1881, to depict Dante Alighieri for the lintel of 'The Gates of Hell'. Dante was the poet who wrote the 'Divine Comedy'.
1904/00/00 A public subscription finances a bronze casting of a large version of "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin. The City of Paris installs it as a public monument in front of the Pantheon. It will be moved in 1922. Pantheon, Paris Paris
1904/00/00 A large version "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin is exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
1922/00/00 The original bronze casting of Rodin's "The Thinker" is moved to the Musee Rodin in Paris. Musee Rodin Paris
1924/00/00 Rudier Foundry Foundry Rodin's "The Thinker" is cast by the Alexis Rudier foundry in Paris. This cast will be delivered to The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia.
1929/00/00 Etta Wedell Mastbaum Benefactor Rudier Foundry's bronze cast of Rodin's "The Thinker" is gifted to The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia by Jules E Mastbaum. Rodin Museum Philadelphia, PA

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Particulars for The Thinker:
Sight Category Object
Art Type Sculpture
Historic Use Work of Art




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