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Depicts group of 6 burghers walking out wearing nooses around their necks, and carrying the keys to the city and castle (after England captured Calais). One of 12 original castings of Auguste Rodin sculpture.
The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in 12 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 11-month siege. The city commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884 and the work was completed in 1889.
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