The thinker was first developed as part of rodin's the gates of hell, 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 divine comedy. Date: 1880. Place of creation: France, 19th century. Dimensions: Overall: 182.9 x 98.4 x 142.2 cm (72 x 38 3/4 x 56 in.). Medium: bronze. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1917.42
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