Saint John the Baptist (preaching) is a bronze sculpture, by Auguste Rodin. After the controversy of his Age of Bronze, Rodin began modeling the larger than life figure in 1877. He showed a plaster model at the Salon of 1880. Rodin described to how he was inspired to create this sculpture by an Italian peasant named Pignatelli. Versions Reduced size examples were cast between 1878 and 1907. The Walking Man is a version of the figure without the head and arms. Examples are in the collections of: Musée d'Orsay, Musée du Luxembourg, Musée Rodin, the Tate Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Norton Simon Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Glenkiln Sculpture Park, and the Saint Louis Art Museum. See also List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin References External links Link to Saint John the Baptist on the official website of the Musée Rodin. Art in the Christian Tradition Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Saint John the Baptist 1877 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Paris Bronze sculptures in London Bronze sculptures in the United States Sculptures of the Norton Simon Museum Sculptures of the Musée Rodin Sculptures depicting John the Baptist Nude sculptures Outdoor sculptures Sculptures by Auguste Rodin Statues in France