Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), detail of Jean de Fiennes from The Burghers of Calais, modeled 1884-95; this cast 1895, bronze, 82 1/2" (209.6 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 1989 (1989.407)
"I did not hesitate to make them as thin and as weak as possible. If, in order to respect some academic convention or other, I had tried to show bodies that were still agreeable to look at, I would have betrayed my subject. These people, ...
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