AUGUSTE RODIN, LES BOURGEOIS DE CALAIS

LES BOURGEOIS DE CALAIS

The Monument des Bourgeois de Calais was commissioned in January 1885 and completed in 1895; it is composed of six figures, including Jean d'Aire, Pierre de Wissant, Jacques de Wissant, Andrieu d'Andres, Eustache de Saint-Pierre, Jean de Fiennes and measures 85 ½ in. (217 cm.) high. The mechanical reduction work took place in 1895 for Jean d'Aire and Pierre de Wissant, in 1899 for Jean de Fiennes, in 1900 for Andrieu d'Andres and in 1902-1903 for Eustache de Saint-Pierre. The reduction work was carried out for only 5 of the 6 figures in the monument, as Rodin did not want his group to be reproduced in reduction, and rather intended to explore the emotions and individual characters of each figure.

Jean de Fiennes, vêtu, réduction

Inscribed with the signature A. Rodin and with the foundry mark ALEXIS RUDIER / FONDEUR PARIS; stamped with the raised signature (on the interior).
bronze
height: 17 7/8 in. 45.6 cm.
Conceived between 1887 and 1895; this reduction conceived in 1899. The present work cast between 1920 and 1925.

Eustache de Saint-Pierre, vêtu, réduction

Inscribed with the signature A. Rodin and with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris; stamped with the raised signature (on the interior).
bronze
height: 18 1/2 in. 47.4 cm.
Conceived between 1887 and 1895; this reduction conceived in 1902-03. The present work cast between 1930 and 1950.

Jean d’Aire, vêtu, réduction

Inscribed with the signature A. Rodin and with the foundry mark ALEXIS RUDIER / FONDEUR PARIS; stamped with the raised signature (on the interior).
bronze
height: 18 1/2 in. 46.8 cm.
Conceived between 1887 and 1895; this reduction conceived in 1895. The present work cast between 1915 and 1917.

Pierre de Wissant, vêtu, réduction

Inscribed with the signature A. Rodin; inscribed with ADS 052 and stamped with the raised signature (on the interior)
bronze
height: 17 7/8 in. 45.4 cm.
Conceived between 1887 and 1895; this reduction conceived in 1895. The present work cast between 1935 and 1945.

Andrieu d’Andres, vêtu, réduction

Inscribed with the signature A. Rodin and with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur. Paris; stamped with the raised signature (on the interior).
bronze
height: 16 7/8 in. 43 cm.
Conceived between 1887 and 1895; this reduction conceived in 1900. The present work cast in 1945.