Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais

1886 Overall: 85.1 x 61 x 50.8 cm (33 1/2 x 24 x 20 in.) Source image
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This sculpture depicts one of the figures in Rodin’s large public monument The Burghers of Calais (1884–89), featuring six French men who volunteered to be taken prisoner by the English in exchange for lifting the siege of Calais during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453). Pierr...

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