The Burghers of Calais

The Burghers of Calais
ArtistAuguste Rodin
Year1884–89
TypeBronze
Dimensions201.6 cm × 205.4 cm × 195.9 cm (79+38 in × 80+78 in × 77+18 in)
LocationCalais, France
Coordinates50°57′8.5″N 1°51′12″E / 50.952361°N 1.85333°E / 50.952361; 1.85333
The Burghers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates an event during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais, a French port on the English Channel, surrendered to the English after an eleven-month siege. The city commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884 and the work was completed in 1889.[1][2]

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