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Monument to the Burghers of Calais, First Maquette (Monument des Bourgeois de Calais, première maquette)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Émile Godard Fondeur, Paris
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: November 1884, cast ca. 1967
Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 14 7/8 x 13 in. (60.3 x 37.8 x 33 cm)
Markings: Proper left side of pedestal: "E. GODARD FOND.r PARIS" Bottom edge of pedestal: "© by MUSEE RODIN"
Signature: Front, top of base: "A. Rodin"
Inscriptions: Front, top of base: "No 1"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.75.19
Edition: 1/12
Credit Line: Gift of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Image: Overall, 84.75.19.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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