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Created in 1880 in its original size, about 70 cm, to decorate the tympanum of La Porte de l' Enfer [ Gate of Hell ] , Le Penseur [ The Thinker ] is then entitled Le Poète [ The Poet ] : depictingDante , author of the Divine Comedy that inspired La Puerta, leaning forward to watch the circles of Hell , pondering his work. Le Penseur [ The Thinker ] was therefore initially be both a torturedbody , almost damnado , and a free spirit , determined to transcend their suffering through poetry . For pose, this figure owes much alUgolin [ Ugolino ] Jean -Baptiste Carpeaux (1862 , Musée d'Orsay ,Paris) and the seated portrait of Lorenzo de Medici sculpted by Michelangelo ( 1526-153 , the Medici Chapel , Church San Lorenzo , Florence). While maintaining its position in the monumental complex ofLa Puerta, Le Penseur [ The Thinker ] was shown separately from 1888 , thus becoming an autonomous work. It expanded in 1904 , took a monumental dimension that further increased his popularity: thisone immersed in thought man image, but whose body suggests a capacity for action , has become one of the most famous sculptures of all time . –




Creado ya en 1880 en su tamaño original, unos70 cm, para decorar el tímpano de La Porte de l’Enfer [La Puerta del Infierno], Le Penseur [El Pensador]se titulaba entonces Le Poète [El Poeta]: representaba a Dante, el autor de La Divina Comedia queinspiró La Puerta, inclinado hacia delante para observar los círculos del Infierno, meditando sobre su obra. Le Penseur [El Pensador] era pues, inicialmente, a la vez un ser de cuerpo torturado, casidamnado, y un hombre de espíritu libre, decidido a transcender su sufrimiento mediante la poesía. Para su pose, esta figura le debe mucho alUgolin [Ugolino]de Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1862, museo deOrsay, París) y al retrato sentado de Lorenzo de Médicis esculpido por Miguel Ángel (1526-153, Capilla de los Médicis, Iglesia de San Lorenzo, Florencia). A la vez que mantiene su ubicación en el...