The Gates of Hell
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The Gates of Hell is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by the French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the Inferno, the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It stands
At the Museo Soumaya
Porte de l'Enfer
The Kunsthaus Zürich in Zürich
Musée d'Orsay in Paris
Musée d'Orsay
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. The museum holds mainly Fr
The Gates of Hell
…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…
Musée d'Orsay seen from the right bank of the Seine river
Musée d'Orsay as seen from the Pont du Carrousel
Musée d'Orsay Clock in the main hall, created by Victor Laloux
The interior of the main hall