Modernism · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 207812
The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin, modeled 1884–95; cast 1985
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 1989. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Date
- modeled 1884–95; cast 1985
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 209.6 × 238.8 × 241.3 cm
- Era
- Modernism
Why it matters
Six citizens move together yet remain psychologically isolated. Rodin’s low, processional monument displaced conventional triumph with hesitation, sacrifice, and human vulnerability.