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In 1880 Rodin was commissioned to produce an ornamental portal for the future Museum of Decorative Arts and conceived the monumental composition The Gates of Hell, inspired by Dante and Baudelaire. That sculptural group was never finished, but many of the figures created for it acquired an independent significance and became outstanding sculptures in their own right. The Sinner, a version of which is the present study (cast in 1966), is connected with the same project.
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