The Burghers of Calais
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The Burghers of Calais is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve 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 eleven-month siege. The city commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884 and the work was completed in 1889.
The Burghers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cast in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Memorial Court, Stanford University
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. It is the largest art museum in the Americas and the fourth-largest in the world. With 5.36 million visitors in 2023, it is the most-visited museum in the United States and the fourth-most visited art museum in the world.
Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) Central Park, NYC
Image: The Met Cloisters
Benin ivory mask, Iyoba, 16th-century Nigeria
Lord Neminatha (Akota Bronzes 7th century)