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The Burghers of Calais. Cast 1953-59

ArtistRodin, Auguste
Artist Info.France 1840-1917
ViewTotal with cloaked burgher at right
SiteWashington, Hirshhorn Museum
Date1884-89
SubjectSculpture
PeriodTwentieth Century (20th c.)
Materialbronze
Inv. No.66.434
Saskia No.Pfd-0407
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 29, plate 49
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 33, plate 24
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 27, plate 80