Art Institute of Chicago
A Burgher of Calais (Jean d'Aire)
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917)
- Date
- Modeled 1889
- Medium
- Plaster
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This statue is a part of the famous sculptural group The Burghers of Calais , made by Auguste Rodin to commemorate a tragic episode from the 14th century, during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England. Rodin depicted the moment when six courageous men offered them-selves as hostages to Edward III, the king of England, in exchange for the liberation of the city of Calais from a siege that had been starving inhabitants for nearly a year. This plaster statue (painted to simulate bronze) was exhibited in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, and entered the Art Institute’s collection that year.
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