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''Jean de Fiennes'' is a sculpture by the French artist
''Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais: A Resource for Teachers.''
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 11-23. . In the final group the figure is clothed but has his arms extended as in the first nude modello. However, overall the figure of de Fiennes in the final group is the one with the most changes from the initial modello.
Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
, first produced between 1885 and 1886. A bronze cast of it is now in the Museo Soumaya
The Museo Soumaya is a private museum in Mexico City and a non-profit cultural institution with two museum buildings in Mexico City — Plaza Carso and Plaza Loreto. It has over 66,000 works from 30 centuries of art including sculptures from Pre-H ...
in Mexico City
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Burghers of Calais
It is an individual nudemodello
A modello (plural modelli), from Italian, is a preparatory study or model, usually at a smaller scale, for a work of art or architecture, especially one produced for the approval of the commissioning patron. The term gained currency in art circl ...
for his group ''The Burghers of Calais
''The Burghers of Calais'' (french: Les Bourgeois de 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 Cha ...
'', showing Jean de Fiennes, captain of Calais and the youngest of the burghers who surrendered to protect the citizens of Calais. However, de Fiennes' name was only assigned to one of the burghers long after the historical event in 1346.
Versions
Rodin made individual modellos of the figures to study the proportions of the figure and how each would emote aspects of the heroic. In one version of the modello for de Fiennes, Rodin he showed the figure's arms tense and fists clenched, while in another he showed his hands open and his arms by his sides. A second modello has a nude torso with arms extended and palms upwards; from his forearms a shirt is held – a shirt which covers his lower body and his legs. His face is in profile facing left. A third study shows him with no arms, totally covered by a robe from shoulders to feet, with more hair on his head and with more detail in the facial features.Benedek, Nelly Silagy (2000)''Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais: A Resource for Teachers.''
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 11-23. . In the final group the figure is clothed but has his arms extended as in the first nude modello. However, overall the figure of de Fiennes in the final group is the one with the most changes from the initial modello.
See also
*List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
This article lists a selection of notable works created by Auguste Rodin. The listing follows the books ''Rodin, Vie et Oeuvre'' and ''Rodin''.
Sculptures
Museums
*Albertinum, Dresden
*Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
*Art Institute of ...
References
External links
* {{Auguste Rodin Sculptures by Auguste Rodin Sculptures of the Museo Soumaya 1886 sculptures Bronze sculptures in Mexico