'The Gates of Hell' is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the 'Inferno', the first section of Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy'. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep (19.7×13.1×3.3 ft) and contains 180 figures.

Several casts of the work were made, which are now in various locations around the world. Rodin's original plaster model is in the Musée D’Orsay, Paris. The figures range from 15 centimetres (6 in) high up to more than one metre (3 ft). Several of the figures were also cast as independent free-standing statues.

François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as 'The Thinker', 'Monument to Balzac', 'The Kiss', 'The Burghers of Calais', and 'The Gates of Hell'.

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