Auguste Rodin Le Penseur The Thinker Sitting On Books Statue The Poet Figurine

•This Rodin's masterpiece "Le Penseur" The Thinker Statue is made of designer polyresin cast in bronze powder, hand painted and polished individually..•This Rodin's masterpiece "Le Penseur" The Thinker Statue measures 7.75" tall, 4.25 long and 3.25" deep approximately.•The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin held in the Musée Rodin in Paris. It depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle. It is often used to represent philosophy. Originally named The Poet, the piece was part of a commission by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris to create a monumental portal to act as the door of the museum.•Rodin based his theme on The Divine Comedy of Dante and entitled the portal The Gates of Hell. Each of the statues in the piece represented one of the main characters in the epic poem. The Thinker was originally meant to depict Dante in front of the Gates of Hell, pondering his great poem.