Bronze statue of a man with outstretched arm on the terraces of the Orangerie at Jardin des Tuileries.
L' Ombre (The Shadow) is a bronze statue by Auguste Rodin (1880).
The sculpture is also referred to as Adam as it, as well as the statue next to it - called Eve were life-size sculptures also used for his project "Hell's Door" (La Porte de l'enfer).
Adam is a muscullous man standing with one foot on a rock. His half open left hand is outstretched towards the ground.
His head is bend and follows the direction of the hand.
His right arm is slightly angled and his hand is half closed.
