<P> The Gates of Hell (French: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental 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 . The figures range from 15 centimetres (6 in) high up to more than one metre (3 ft). Several of the figures were also cast independently by Rodin . </P> <P> The sculpture was commissioned by the Directorate of Fine Arts in 1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885 . Rodin would continue to work on and off on this project for 37 years, until his death in 1917 . </P>

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