499928 The Thinker, c.1880 (bronze) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); h:70.80 w:34.93 d:59.69 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: The Thinker was first developed as part of Rodin\'s The Gates of Hell, a sculpted 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 (1265-1321) who, in his mind\'s eye, sees all that goes on around him. Once Rodin separated him from The Gates, however, he became The Poet-Thinker, and finally just the Thinker. ); Gift of Alexandre P. Rosenberg; French, out of copyright.