One of the world's best known sculptures -- Auguste Rodin's The Kiss -- will be on display in Margate later this year.

The life-sized marble depiction of an embrace between adulterous lovers will be exhibited at the Turner Contemporary from October 4 until September 2012 in the Sunley Gallery.

and by many artists since.Inferno of forbidden love, which was immortalised in Dante’s true thirteenth century story was voted the nation’s favourite work of art in a 2003 poll. The embracing couple come from a The Kiss (1901-04)On loan from the Tate collection and one of the most iconic images of sexual love,

, which describes how their passion grew as they read the story of Lancelot and Guinevere together. At the time, the perceived eroticism of Rodin’s sculpture was controversial leading to instances where the work was removed from public view.InfernoThe couple are the adulterous lovers Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini, who were slain by Francesca’s outraged husband. They appear in Dante’s

(September 17 - January 8 2012).Nothing in the World But YouthThe sculpture’s arrival coincides with the gallery's second major exhibition

The exhibition explores how youth experience has been reflected in art, culture and the media since the late 19th century to the present day and will feature paintings, photographs, items of clothing and early JMW Turner works, many depicting the local area of East Kent.

Admission to the Turner Contemporary is free.