The Burghers of Calais, Lost Wax Bronze Statue Sculpture by Auguste Rodin ~ Complete Set

 

Les Bourgeois de Calais is one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin, completed in 1889. It serves as a monument to an occurrence in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais, an important French port on the English Channel, was under siege by the English for over a year. Calais commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884. England's Edward III, after a victory in the Battle of Crecy, laid siege to Calais, while Philip VI of France ordered the city to hold out at all costs. Philip failed to lift the siege, and starvation eventually forced the city to parley for surrender. Edward offered to spare the people of the city if any six of its top leaders would surrender themselves to him, presumably to be executed. Edward demanded that they walk out wearing nooses around their necks, and carrying the keys to the city and castle.

 

One of the wealthiest of the town leaders, Eustache de Saint Pierre, volunteered first, and five other burghers joined with him. Saint Pierre led this envoy of volunteers to the city gates. It was this moment, and this poignant mix of defeat, heroic self-sacrifice, and willingness to face imminent death that Rodin captured in his sculpture, scaled somewhat larger than life. Although the burghers expected to be executed, their lives were spared by the intervention of England's queen, Philippa of Hainault, who persuaded her husband to exercise mercy by claiming that their deaths would be a bad omen for her unborn child.

 

This impressive scaled down replica is custom cast using the finest American bronze by the superior "Lost Wax" casting process and mounted on a fine marble base (also available without marble base). This statue ships by freight and requires a signature. Please allow 4-6 weeks for completion & delivery. Dimensions: 26"H x 27"L, 300 lbs. Available in brown or verdigris, please contact us with preference by text or phone: 1-239-218-9268

 

Please note: We cannot ship this statue to APO/FPO/PO Boxes, AK, HI, PR or any addresses outside the contiguous US through the USPS Global Shipping Program. We apologize for the inconvenience but you can use a reshipper.

 

Retail Price: $9180.00. No reasonable offer refused.

 

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Our digital images are as accurate as possible. However, different monitors & different lighting conditions may cause colors to vary somewhat. On dark bronzes, photos may have been lightened to show better details. Bronze statues are handcrafted and hand finished. Color can vary and slight imperfections are normal as the hand finishing process adds character and authenticity to those items, no two statues are exactly alike and therefore each is one-of-a-kind. Marble base color may differ from photo. All dimensions are approximate.

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If you refuse your delivery without inspection, miss your delivery appointment(s) or return a non-defective or undamaged product, you will incur the ACTUAL shipping charges both ways plus a 25% restocking fee.