The Gates of Hell

E211586

monumental sculptural portal sculpture

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Gates of Hell canonical	6
The Gates of Hell (initial conception)	1
The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1895837 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Gates of Hell
Context triple: [The Thinker, partOfSeries, The Gates of Hell]

A. Dante's Tomb
Dante's Tomb is the mausoleum in Ravenna, Italy, that houses the remains of the medieval poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.
B. Inferno
Inferno is the first cantica of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicting the poet’s allegorical journey through the nine circles of Hell.
C. Inferno
Inferno is a distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs, known for its use of the Limbo programming language and its focus on portable, networked computing.
D. Shades in the Underworld
Shades in the Underworld are the disembodied spirits of the dead dwelling in Hades, depicted in Greek mythology as pale, insubstantial remnants of their former lives.
E. Immortale Dei
Immortale Dei is an 1885 papal encyclical that outlines the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Christian constitution of states and the proper relationship between Church and civil authority.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Gates of Hell
Target entity description: 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.

A. Dante's Tomb
Dante's Tomb is the mausoleum in Ravenna, Italy, that houses the remains of the medieval poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.
B. Inferno
Inferno is the first cantica of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicting the poet’s allegorical journey through the nine circles of Hell.
C. Inferno
Inferno is a distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs, known for its use of the Limbo programming language and its focus on portable, networked computing.
D. Shades in the Underworld
Shades in the Underworld are the disembodied spirits of the dead dwelling in Hades, depicted in Greek mythology as pale, insubstantial remnants of their former lives.
E. Immortale Dei
Immortale Dei is an 1885 papal encyclical that outlines the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Christian constitution of states and the proper relationship between Church and civil authority.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monumental sculptural portal ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artworkStyle	expressive realism ⓘ symbolism ⓘ
commissionedBy	French government ⓘ linked to: Government of France
commissionedFor	Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris ⓘ linked to: 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 ⓘ linked to: National Museum of Western Art 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ