''The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost'' (known by the artist as ''Le baiser du fantôme et la demoiselle'' or ''Le Rêve'' ) is an 1880 sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin. It was first exhibited at his fourteenth exhibition, hosted by the National Society Salon. One of the marble versions of the work is now in the

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. It shows a winged man above a young woman, who tries not to return his kiss. The work shows Rodin's admiration for Michelangelo's treatment of the human form and draws on ''

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'' as well as the story of

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and descriptions of the underworld by

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. He also particularly drew on lines 25-30 and 39-40 in ''The Horseman'', poem 23 in the 1861 edition of

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's ''

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'': Rodin reused the figure of the woman in several other variants such as the '' Torso of Adele'', ''

Eternal Springtime ''Eternal Springtime'' (french: L'Éternel Printemps) is a c. 1884 sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, depicting a pair of lovers. It was created at the same time as ''The Gates of Hell'' and originally intended to be part of it. ...

'', '' Paolo and Francesca'' and '' The Kiss''.

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