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The Thinker by Rodin

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The Thinker by Rodin

The world's most famous sculpture of someone having a really hard think/Statues & Monuments

Auguste Rodin's The Thinker was originally conceived in 1880 as part of a larger work called The Gates of Hell, depicting Dante contemplating the inferno below. The most famous full-size bronze cast stands about 1.86 meters tall and weighs roughly 680 kg. Over 25 authorized bronze casts exist worldwide, making it the most reproduced serious sculpture in history and the unofficial mascot of philosophy departments everywhere.

Measurements

Height1.86 m
5.3 tenthsParallel bar lengths
2.82Pillow lengths
9.3Burrito lengths

Full-size bronze cast

Mass680 kg
5.76Dwayne The Rock Johnson weights
6,800Slices of New York pizza
68 septillionInsulin molecules

Bronze cast

Base width9.8 tenths m
2.5 tenthsHigh jump bar lengths
1.8 tenthsKing cobras
Base depth1.4 m
26.4 billionBohr radii
700 millionDNA helices
5.6Uncooked spaghetti noodles
Age of original4.6 billion s
5.1 millionQuarter hours
13 millionBohemian Rhapsodies

Conceived in 1880, about 146 years ago

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