The Burghers of Calais

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bronze sculpture public monument sculpture

The Burghers of Calais is a famous bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting six citizens of Calais offering themselves as hostages during the Hundred Years’ War, celebrated for its emotional realism and innovative composition.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Burghers of Calais canonical 8
Les Bourgeois de Calais 5
"The Burghers of Calais" 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture ⓘ
public monument ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artisticFeature figures placed on same level as viewer ⓘ
individualized expressions of anguish and resignation ⓘ
life-size figures ⓘ
basedOn historical account by Jean Froissart ⓘ
cast multiple casts exist ⓘ
commissioned 1884 ⓘ
completionDate 1889 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Auguste Rodin ⓘ
currentLocation Calais ⓘ
surface form: Calais, France
depicts Andrieu d’Andres ⓘ
Eustache de Saint Pierre ⓘ
Jacques de Wissant ⓘ
Jean de Fiennes ⓘ
Jean d’Aire ⓘ
Pierre de Wissant ⓘ
depictsConflict Hundred Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Hundred Years’ War
depictsEvent Siege of Calais (1346–1347) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Calais
genre public art ⓘ
hasCopy Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark

Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum, Japan ⓘ
Kunstmuseum Basel ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ
surface form: Rodin Museum, Paris

Seoul ⓘ
surface form: Seoul, South Korea

Victoria Tower Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Tower Gardens, London
inception 1884 ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
locationOfOriginal Calais ⓘ
materialUsed bronze ⓘ
movement Impressionism in sculpture ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Auguste Rodin ⓘ
originalCommissionedBy City of Calais ⓘ
originallyIntendedLocation Calais Town Hall ⓘ
surface form: Calais town hall square
significantFor departure from traditional heroic monument style ⓘ
emotional realism ⓘ
innovative group composition ⓘ
theme civic heroism ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
suffering in war ⓘ
titleInFrench The Burghers of Calais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais
unveiled 1895 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rodin Museum → hasWork → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
Auguste Rodin → notableWork → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin → originalTitle → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais
Victoria Tower Gardens → hasMemorial → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
Victoria Tower Gardens → hasArtwork → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
The Burghers of Calais (sculpture) → depicts → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
subject surface form: The Burghers of Calais
this entity surface form: burghers of Calais
The Burghers of Calais (sculpture) → originalLanguageTitle → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
subject surface form: The Burghers of Calais
this entity surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais
Musée Rodin, Paris → exhibitsWork → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
The Burghers of Calais → titleInFrench → The Burghers of Calais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais
Jacques de Wissant → depictedIn → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Burghers of Calais"
Jean de Fiennes → depictedIn → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Burghers of Calais"
Andrieu d’Andres → depictedIn → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
Andrieu d’Andres → relatedWork → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais
Jean d’Aire → memberOf → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: burghers of Calais
Jean d’Aire → portrayedIn → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
Eustache de Saint Pierre → subjectOf → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
Eustache de Saint Pierre → subjectOf → The Burghers of Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais