<i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thinker" class="extiw" title="en:The Thinker">Le Penseur</a></b></i> ("The Thinker"), originally called <i>Le Poète</i> ("The Poet"), originated as a small figure near the top of Auguste Rodin's large work <i>La Porte d'Enfer</i> ("The Gates of Hell").  It shows a nude male figure in bronze sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought. There are about 28 full-sized castings, in which the figure is about 186 cm. high, as well as various other versions, several in plaster, and studies and posthumous castings exist in a range of sizes. The first full-scale model was presented at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1904. A public subscription financed a bronze casting in 1906, which is now on display in the Jardin du Musée Rodin.
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