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The Burghers of Calais, (sculpture). Artist:  Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917, sculptor. Title:  The Burghers of Calais, (sculpture). Dates:  1884-1889. Cast ca. 1953-1959. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  79 3/8 x 80 7/8 x 77 1/8 in. Description:  The sculpture memorializes the British attack of 1346-1347, which ended when the town of Calais surrendered, and the British agreed to not seek retribution if six prominent townspeople, the burghers, would accept imprisonment. The six figures are seen standing in long tattered drapery, one with his head in his hands, and the others staring off into the distance. Subject:  Figure group Ethnic -- French State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment Landscape -- France -- Calais Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 66.4340 Provenance:  Gift of Hirshhorn, Joseph H., 1966. Remarks:  The sculpture is cast number eight in an edition of twelve. References:  "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996, pg. 12. Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 38. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden collection printout, 2008. Illustration:  "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996, pg. 12. Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 39. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 61570016   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 61570016 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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