Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1155: Burgher of Calais: Eustache de Saint-Pierre Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Burgher of Calais: Eustache de Saint-Pierre (Auguste Rodin) , 1943.1155,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230007. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1155 People Auguste Rodin, French (Paris, France 1840 - 1917 Meudon, France) Title Burgher of Calais: Eustache de Saint-Pierre Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date after 1895, cast c.1916-1917 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230007 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Dimensions 47.6 x 24.5 x 15.2 cm (18 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 6 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: upper left of base and in interior, in relief: A. Rodin inscription: right rear of base, incised: ALEXIS RUDIER. / Fondeur. PARIS. inscription: base, incised: A. Mr. Emile Chouanard Provenance Recorded Ownership History Auguste Rodin, the artist, gift; to Emile Chouanard, Paris, 1890. [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, possibly 1923 or 1925, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Notes [1] Dates of June 18 or October 4 1923 or Sept 24 1925 have been suggested for Winthrop's acquisition. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1155 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Robin Jones and Robert Kuretsky, Rodin: the Burghers of Calais, a Presentation in Film and Sculpture, 1969 (18 minute film made by HU graduate students, shown at the Fogg 11/14/69-1/28/70) John L. Tancock, The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin, David R. Godine and Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA, 1976), p. 400, under no. 67 Stephan Wolohojian, ed., A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York, 2003), no. 122, pp. 296-299, repr. in color Stephan Wolohojian, Ingres, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Renoir... La Collection Grenville L. Winthrop, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, France, 2003), no. 122, pp. 304-307, repr. in color Laure de Margerie, French Sculpture: An American Passion, Snoeck and Institut National d'Historie de l'arte (Ghent, 2023), p. 432 Exhibition History Rodin: The Burghers of Calais, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/14/1969 - 01/28/1970 A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/23/2003 - 01/25/2004 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
