The Thinker
type of sculpture by Auguste Rodin
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Summary
The Thinker is a group of casts[1]. It draws 16,921 Wikipedia views per month (group of casts category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Auguste Rodin[3], Fonderie Hébrard[4]
- Country: Argentina[5]
- Genre: nude[6]
- Based on: The Divine Comedy[7]
- Depicts: man[8], nudity[9], sitting[10], meditation[11], Dante Alighieri[12], thought[13]
- Made from material: bronze[14], gypsum[15]
- Collection: Musée Rodin[16], Alte Nationalgalerie[17]
- Location: Musée Rodin[18], Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art[19], Buenos Aires[20]
- Commons category: Le Penseur[21]
- Has part(s): Le Penseur (Kyoto National Museum)[22]
- Inception: 1882[23]
- Has edition or translation: Le Penseur (Kyoto National Museum)[24], Q111696473[25], The Thinker[26], The Thinker (Le Penseur)[27]
- Significant event: start of construction[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Le Penseur[29]
- Title: Le Penseur[30], Le Poète[31]
- Native label: Le Penseur[32]
- Different from: list of Thinker sculptures[33]
- Height: 183.6[34], 189[35]
- Width: 97[36], 98[37]
- Has list: list of Thinker sculptures[38]
- Thickness: 148[39], 140[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]
Why It Matters
The Thinker has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]