Gustave Geffroy commented that if this work "were to stand up and walk, the ground under [its] feet would tremor" when seeing this work after it was enlarged by Henri LeBossé.
This work reused a similar idea seen its creator's Vase of the Titans, and that creator would use the same concept in his The American Athlete. One version of this work was destroyed a year after it was put on display by a man named Poitron, who claimed that this work was mocking him. Gustave Geffroy commented that if this work "were to stand up and walk, the ground under [its] feet would tremor" when seeing this work after it was enlarged by Henri LeBossé. It was originally intended to be part of a work for the Museum of Decorative Arts, but that museum was never finished and this work was separated from The Gates of Hell. For 10 points, name this sculpture intended to show Dante as he was coming up with The Inferno, a sculpture by Rodin.
This work reused a similar idea seen its creator's Vase of the Titans, and that creator would use the same concept in his The American Athlete.
The {Thinker} or Le {Penseur} (prompt on The {Poet} or Le {Poète})