When Rodin embarked on a trip to Italy in 1875 to witness Michelangelo’s “Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino,” no one could have predicted that the sculpture would inspire him to create one of history’s most acclaimed masterpieces... Today, Rodin's “The Thinker” exists in many casts and sizes, including this bronze model gifted to the National Gallery in 1942. More than 50 are known in this size—which is the size of Rodin's original handmade clay model. We recognize in Rodin's brooding nude gian

🎨Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’ has sold at Christie’s auction house in Paris for nearly $10 million. Standing at about 28 inches high, cast in bronze and made between 1880 – 1882 the masterpiece is known worldwide. Thought to be around 40 in existence, including one cast that stood at the top of the north tower of The World Trade Center, It survived the 9/11 attack unscathed but then vanished. | CGTNEurope