It has become the iconic symbol of thinking; images of the sculpture in profile are often used to indicate philosophy and other practices of contemplation or introspection.

The Thinker, sculpture of a pensive nude male by French artist Auguste Rodin, one of his most well-known works.

The pose of this figure owes much to Carpeaux’s Ugolino (1861) and to the seated portrait of Lorenzo de’ Medici carved by Michelangelo (1526-31). While remaining in place on the monumental Gates of …

The Thinker was originally conceived not in heroic isolation, but as part of Rodin's monumental Gates of Hell —a pair of bronze doors intended for a museum of decorative arts in Paris.

Mar 20, 2025 · First exhibited as an individual sculpture in 1888, The Thinker proved to be so popular that it was soon cast again and even enlarged, with many versions present worldwide today, from the …

Aug 20, 2024 · In 1906, the city of Paris acquired The Thinker, and the monumental sculpture was installed as a public monument in front of the Panthéon. The Thinker’s plain face was seen as …

In a real sense, The Thinker is Rodin. Brutishly muscled yet engrossed in thought, coiled in tension yet loose in repose, the sculpture, according to one early twentieth-century critic, embodies both "dream …