ows the same interest in some of the figures of The Gates of Hell as he tried to suggest in one image the male and the female components of a human being (Sutton 31).
Rodin competed for his first monument when the City of Nancy in 1883 invited twelve artists to compete for a monument to Claude Lorrain. Rodin's design consisted of a bronze statue placed on a stone pedestal ornamented with a high-relief representing Apollo in his chariot drawn by two horses, and the whole was to be in harmony with the prevailing style of Louis XV in the capital of Lorraine. Rodin's work was accepted and took seven years to complete. It was unveiled in 1892, but it was not liked by the residents of Nancy. Critics found the work too slight, lacking in historic character, and badly constructed, and it was even recommended that it be taken down, though this was prevented. Rodin's second m
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