The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin.
Rodin first conceived the figure as part of his work The Gates of Hell commissioned in 1880, but the first of the familiar monumental bronze castings did not appear until 1904.
A bronze cast of the sculpture can be found in the garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.
The museum has a unique Rodin collection with a total of 34 sculptures, commissioned directly from the artist himself in the years 1900-1914, including well-known and monumental works.

3D scanned in 2017 using Photogrammetry from about 700 images.

![](https://rigsters.com/sketchfab_img/thinker-rodin-3D-scan-rigsters.jpg)

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin

Scientific name: Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Lifespan: 25 – 35 years
Variety: Cyprinus rubrofuscus "koi"
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
Ph Level-7.5 to 8
Habitate-Fresh River Water

Carp are a large group of fish originally found in Central Europe and Asia. Various carp species were originally domesticated in East Asia, where they were used as food fish. Carp are coldwater fish, and their ability to survive and adapt to many climates and water conditions allowed the domesticated species to be propagated to many new locations, including Japan.

The outside world was unaware of the development of color variations in Japanese koi until 1914 when the Niigata koi were exhibited at an annual exposition in Tokyo.   

Koi or more specifically nishikigoi, are colored varieties of the Amur carp that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. Koi is an informal name for the colored variants of C. rubrofuscus kept for ornamental purposes.

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Koi Fish

Grave of honour of Johannes Benk at the Vienna Central Cemetery.
The Austrian sculptor Johannes Benk (1844-1914) created several statues for the Vienna Votivkirche, the Museum of Military History and the Museum of Art and Natural History. His main work, the Deutschmeister monument, is located on Vienna's Ringstrasse. In 1924 Benkgasse in Vienna was named after the sculptor.

Ehrengrab Johannes Benk

Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects created a digital 3D model of the Spirit of Life sculpture in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Sprit of Life was completed by Daniel Chester French in 1914. The sculpture was commissioned as a memorial to Spencer Trask. Photos used to create this digital model were provided by Rumara Jewett.

Spirit of Life Sculpture

An accurate reproduction of a long forgotten biplane.

The phrase “”More lost than Lieutenant Bello” (“Más perdido que el Teniente Bello”) is a part of Chile’s linguistic heritage and refers to someone who loses their way quite badly.  Yet where did the phrase come from?  Well, it turns out the “Lieutenant Bello” saying pays homage to an early aviator whose full name was Alejandro Bello Silva and who was one of the Chilean military’s very first military pilots.  As you might imagine, Lt. Bello did indeed get lost while flying — so lost, in fact, that his airplane and his body have never been found, even to this day.

This is the story of the mystery of Lt. Alejandro Bello Silva’s disappearance. 99 years ago today in aviation history.  On March 9, 1914, Lt. Bello took off into the fog and clouds on his final flight to qualify for his military aviator wings — and simply disappeared.

Sanchez Besa 80hp - Biplane recreation

*RNLB Jane Anne* is  an important survivor from Irvine's past, and a rare example of its type in Scotland. It's a double-ended, self-righting, pulling and sailing lifeboat, which was based at  the town's  RNLI station. It was manned mainly by the locally renowned Sinclair family and participated in seven rescues, saving  12 lives.

Built in 1898 by the Thomas Ironworks Co. in Millwall, London, *Jane Anne* began operating out of Irvine shortly afterwards and remained in use there until the station closed in 1914.
The boat's design meant it was open to the elements and relied entirely on the muscle power the crew who rowed it. The special construction of the hull, using diagonal cross planking, made it very strong with the enclosed ends providing buoyancy and ensuring that the crew is safe even in bad weather.


The model was created as a part of 'Scanning The Horizon' 3D Digitisation Project.

We would like to thank [Leica Geosystems](http://leica-geosystems.com/en-gb) for their help during this project.

RNLB Jane Anne

Parsifal, The enchanted garden of Klingor (second act, second scene), Set model by Jean Delescluze (set designer, 1914), French premiere et la Monnaie. Royal Museum of Fine Art of Belgium. Made of 300 pictures with CapturingReality.

For more updates, please consider to follow me on Twitter at @GeoffreyMarchal. (https://twitter.com/GeoffreyMarchal)

Parsifal, The enchanted garden of Klingor

Antique Coffee Grinder. Made with blender and substance painter. 
It was my first project with substance painter. I think the texture set for the handles are totally unnecessary. feel free to remove them before using...some basic dia-electric materials would be enough :")
Renders:
![](https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/030/869/193/large/omar-faruq-coffee-grinder.jpg?1601915492)

![](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/030/869/198/large/omar-faruq-close-up.jpg?1601914928)
![](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/030/869/426/large/omar-faruq-close-up-version-day-2.jpg?1601915391)
![](https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/030/869/207/large/omar-faruq-clay1.jpg?1601914948)

Coffee Grinder, PBR

3D scan of a male bearded figure holding the skull of an Eobasileos in his hands. Eobasileos lived in North America around 45 to 40 million years ago and therefore never had contact with humans. 

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall X of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**: Figure holding an Eobasileos skull

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Figure with Eobasileos

Carcharodontosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in Northwest Africa from about 100 to 94 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Cretaceous. The taxon was first described in 1925 by French paleontologists Charles Depéret and Justin Savornin as Megalosaurus saharicus, based on two fossil teeth discovered in Algeria, which are now lost. A partial skeleton was discovered in Egypt as early as 1914 by crews of German paleontologist Ernst Stromer, although he did not report the find until 1931. Based on this specimen, together with the teeth previously described by Depéret and Savornin, Stromer established the genus Carcharodontosaurus and its type species C. saharicus.

Carcharodontosaurus Saharicus

3D scan of a statue representing the metal “Gold”. An androgynous figure rises from the gold-bearing quartz crystal at the base of the caryatid. It presents a crown and a necklace with a pendant on a ceremonial cushion. Gold is thus depicted as the ‘King of Metals’ and a symbol of supreme worldly power.

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall IV of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**: Gold– King of Metals

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en)

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Figure embodying "Gold"

3D model of a snail paperweight that is made from a shell and is part of the Uetz collection. Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

**Object**: Briefbeschwerer aus Silbermundschnecke

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-073

**Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Text by A.Eschner

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Snail paperweight (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-073)

3D scan of a bearded man holding the jawbone of a Deinotherium in his arm. The Deinotherium, also known as the ‘tusk elephant’, lived from the Middle Miocene until the end of the Early Pleistocene.

You can find a 3D model of the museums Hoe Tusker [here](https://skfb.ly/pwpxz).

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall X of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**: Figure holding a Deinotherium jawbone

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Figure with Deinotherium

3D scan of an elderly woman who has caught various crustaceans in a fishing net. 

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall X of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**: Figure embodying Crustaceans

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Figure embodying Crustaceans

3D model of the ceramic figurine "Snailmail" from the period of Art Noveau which is part of the Uetz collection. Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

**Object**: Schneckenpost (Jugendstil), by Albert Caasmann 

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-006

**Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Text by A. Eschner

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.

Snailmail (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-006)

3D model of brass candlestick that is part of the Uetz collection. 

Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

**Object**: Kerzenständer für Rauchzeug mit Tigerschnecke

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-059

**Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Text by A.Eschner

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Brass candlestick (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-059)

3D scan of a statue representing “Diamond”.  She is portrayed as a radiant sovereign, her crown adorned with a halo . In her lap, two cherubs present the octagonal primordial crystal – thus the figure simultaneously personifies Nature, who, in deep seclusion and under extreme pressure, ‘gives birth’ to the hardest of all gemstones.

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall IV of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**:  Diamond – Light in Matter

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/)

Figure embodying "Diamond"

3D scan of a woman representing “Garnet”. From the raw crystal material at the base of the caryatid’s column emerges the figure of a femme fatale: in a playful, almost erotic pose, she is putting on a necklace of garnets.  

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall IV of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**:  Garnet – The Eroticism of the Stone

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en)

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/)

Figure embodying "Garnet"

3D model of a box that was made from a scallop shell which is part of the Uetz collection. 
Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

**Object**: Dose mit Silberbeschlag (mid-19th century)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-049

**Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Text by K. Mason

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Opened shell box (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-049)

3D model of the ceramic figurine "Schneckenreiter" from the period of Art Noveau which is part of the Uetz collection. Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

**Object**: Schneckenreiter Porzellan (Jugendstil)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-004

**Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Text by A. Eschner

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.

Schneckenreiter (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-004)

Closed shell box(NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-049)

3D scan of a man that personifies quartz as a powerful mountain spirit rising directly from a cluster of sharp-edged crystal druses. In the tradition of romantic mythical figures such as Rübezahl, the bearded figure appears as an archaic guardian, inextricably linked to the mineral treasures of the underworld. 

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall IV of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**:  Quartz – Spirit of the Mountain

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en)

Scanned and edited by A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/)

Figure embodying "Quartz"

3D model of a snail-shaped candle which is part of the Uetz collection. Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

**Object**: Kerze für Rauchzeug in Helix-Form 

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-043

**Collection**: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Text by A. Eschner

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://bmwkms.gv.at/).

Snail candle (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-043)

3D scan of a bearded man wearing a belt set with rubies. The coiled, crowned serpent symbolises the ruby as a dracontia (dragon stone), heroically extracted from the wild. Held aloft in triumph, it also represents the Philosopher’s Stone – the ultimate goal of all knowledge. The vial for elixir symbolises the healing properties attributed to this stone.

The figure was created by Rudolf Weyr (1847-1914) and is part of the decorative program in Hall IV of the Natural History Museum.

**Object**: Ruby – Dragon Stone

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en)

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

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