The Gates of Hell

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The Gates of Hell is Auguste Rodin’s monumental sculptural portal inspired by Dante’s Inferno, featuring a dense assemblage of figures including the famous Thinker.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monumental sculptural portal ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artworkStyle expressive realism ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
commissionedBy French government ⓘ
commissionedFor Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Auguste Rodin ⓘ
creatorWorkPeriod 1880s ⓘ
1890s ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
depicts damned souls ⓘ
figures from Dante's Inferno ⓘ
scenes from Hell ⓘ
exhibitedAt Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University ⓘ
linked to: Cantor Arts Center

Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ
Musée d'Orsay (plaster elements and studies) ⓘ
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo ⓘ
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Rodin Museum
genre symbolist sculpture ⓘ
hasPart Paolo and Francesca ⓘ
linked to: Francesca da Rimini

The Thinker ⓘ
The Three Shades ⓘ
Ugolino and His Sons ⓘ
hasVersion multiple bronze casts ⓘ
plaster version ⓘ
inception 1880 ⓘ
influenced modern sculpture ⓘ
inspiredBy Dante Alighieri's Inferno ⓘ
linked to: Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Divine Comedy
languageOfWork visual art ⓘ
locatedInCollection Musée Rodin collection ⓘ
linked to: Musée Rodin, Paris
locationOfFirstFullCast Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ
material bronze ⓘ
plaster (original models) ⓘ
movement French sculpture of the late 19th century ⓘ
notableElement central seated figure later known as The Thinker ⓘ
notableWorkOf Auguste Rodin ⓘ
originalTitle La Porte de l'Enfer ⓘ
startTime 1880 ⓘ
subjectMatter Christian eschatology ⓘ
despair ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
sin and punishment ⓘ
tormented human bodies ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
usesTechnique freestanding figures integrated into relief ⓘ
high relief ⓘ
low relief ⓘ

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The Thinker → partOfSeries → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Rodin Museum → hasWork → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Auguste Rodin → notableWork → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Musée Rodin, Paris → exhibitsWork → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
The Kiss (Rodin) → partOf → The Gates of Hell (initial conception) ⓘ
subject linked to: The Kiss
linked to: The Gates of Hell
Adam (Rodin) → partOf → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
subject linked to: Adam
Eve (Rodin sculpture) → part of → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
subject linked to: Eve
Matsukata Collection → hasPart → The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin ⓘ
linked to: The Gates of Hell
Hôtel de Biron → housesCollection → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
First Circle of Dante's Inferno → follows → Gate of Hell in Dante's Inferno ⓘ
subject linked to: first circle of Dante's Inferno
linked to: The Gates of Hell
The Three Shades → partOf → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
The Three Shades → associatedWork → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Ugolino and His Sons → relatedWork → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Ugolino and His Sons → partlyIntegratedInto → The Gates of Hell (project) ⓘ
linked to: The Gates of Hell
La Porte de l'Enfer → originalTitleOf → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
La Porte de l'Enfer → translatedTitle → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Hôtel Biron garden → displays → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Rodin sculpture garden → hasArtwork → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Rodin Museum site in Meudon → notableWorkOnSite → The Gates of Hell (elements and studies) ⓘ
linked to: The Gates of Hell
L'Éternel Printemps → basedOn → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Le Baiser → originallyConceivedFor → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
Adam → partOfSeries → The Gates of Hell ⓘ
subject linked to: Adam@en