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White marble sculpture of a large hand rising from a rough stone base, cradling two small intertwined human figures against a gray background.

The Hand of God

A large marble hand rises from a rough-hewn stone block, its fingers curled protectively around two small intertwined human figures, one whose head tops the group. The smooth, polished white surface contrasts with the textured base, set against a plain gray backdrop.

Artist
Auguste Rodin
Date
original model before 1895, carved ca. 1907
Medium
Marble
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3318 × 3845 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1912).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1908

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