The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin

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bronze sculpture sculpture

The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin is a bronze sculpture depicting six leaders of Calais during the Hundred Years’ War, renowned for its expressive realism and emotional intensity.

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Label	Occurrences
The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin canonical	1
The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin (casts)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
basedOn	historical account by Jean Froissart ⓘ
castTechnique	lost-wax casting ⓘ
commissionedFor	Calais ⓘ surface form: Calais, France
completedIn	1889 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Auguste Rodin ⓘ
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
exhibitedAt	Calais ⓘ surface form: Calais, France Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ surface form: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Kunsthaus Zürich ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York National Museum of Western Art ⓘ surface form: National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ surface form: Rodin Museum, Paris Victoria Tower Gardens ⓘ surface form: Victoria Tower Gardens, London
genre	public art ⓘ
hasMultipleCasts	true ⓘ
hasPart	individualized heads and hands ⓘ six life-size figures ⓘ
inception	1884 ⓘ
influenced	20th-century public sculpture ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ
movement	Modern sculpture ⓘ Realism ⓘ
notableFor	emotional intensity ⓘ expressive realism ⓘ group composition of six figures ⓘ innovative treatment of public monument ⓘ
originalCommissionedBy	City of Calais ⓘ
originalTitle	The Burghers of Calais ⓘ surface form: Les Bourgeois de Calais
portraysEmotion	courage ⓘ despair ⓘ fear ⓘ resignation ⓘ
style	dramatic gesture ⓘ naturalistic modeling ⓘ
subject	civic heroism ⓘ human suffering in war ⓘ self-sacrifice of Calais leaders ⓘ

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Philadelphia Museum of Art → notableWorkInCollection → The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin ⓘ

Maryhill Museum of Art → notableWorkInCollection → The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin ⓘ

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