The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin
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The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin is a bronze sculpture depicting six leaders of Calais during the Hundred Years’ War, renowned for its expressive realism and emotional intensity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin canonical | 1 |
| The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin (casts) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T610625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin Context triple: [Philadelphia Museum of Art, notableWorkInCollection, The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin]
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Liberty Leading the People
"Liberty Leading the People" is a famous 1830 Romantic painting by Eugène Delacroix that allegorically commemorates the July Revolution in France, depicting a personified Liberty leading a diverse group of revolutionaries over the barricades.
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La Religieuse
La Religieuse is an 18th-century French novel by Denis Diderot that critiques religious institutions through the story of a young woman forced into convent life.
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Rouen Cathedral series
The Rouen Cathedral series is a group of paintings by Claude Monet that explore the changing effects of light and atmosphere on the façade of Rouen Cathedral at different times of day and in varying weather conditions.
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D.
"Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
"Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) is Victor Hugo’s 1831 historical novel set in medieval Paris, centering on the tragic lives of Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and others around the iconic cathedral, and renowned for its romantic, Gothic atmosphere and social critique.
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E.
The Stone Breakers
The Stone Breakers is a pioneering 1849 realist painting by Gustave Courbet that starkly depicts manual laborers breaking stones, challenging romanticized portrayals of rural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin Target entity description: The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin is a bronze sculpture depicting six leaders of Calais during the Hundred Years’ War, renowned for its expressive realism and emotional intensity.
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A.
Liberty Leading the People
"Liberty Leading the People" is a famous 1830 Romantic painting by Eugène Delacroix that allegorically commemorates the July Revolution in France, depicting a personified Liberty leading a diverse group of revolutionaries over the barricades.
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B.
La Religieuse
La Religieuse is an 18th-century French novel by Denis Diderot that critiques religious institutions through the story of a young woman forced into convent life.
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C.
Rouen Cathedral series
The Rouen Cathedral series is a group of paintings by Claude Monet that explore the changing effects of light and atmosphere on the façade of Rouen Cathedral at different times of day and in varying weather conditions.
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D.
"Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
"Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) is Victor Hugo’s 1831 historical novel set in medieval Paris, centering on the tragic lives of Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and others around the iconic cathedral, and renowned for its romantic, Gothic atmosphere and social critique.
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E.
The Stone Breakers
The Stone Breakers is a pioneering 1849 realist painting by Gustave Courbet that starkly depicts manual laborers breaking stones, challenging romanticized portrayals of rural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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sculpture ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical account by Jean Froissart ⓘ |
| castTechnique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
Calais, France
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linked to:
Calais
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| completedIn | 1889 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| depicts |
Andrieu d’Andres
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Eustache de Saint Pierre ⓘ Jacques de Wissant ⓘ Jean de Fiennes ⓘ Jean d’Aire ⓘ Pierre de Wissant ⓘ |
| depictsConflict |
Hundred Years’ War
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linked to:
Hundred Years' War
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| depictsEvent |
Siege of Calais
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linked to:
Siege of Calais (1346–1347)
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| exhibitedAt |
Calais, France
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linked to:
Calais
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Kunsthaus Zürich ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
National Museum of Western Art
Rodin Museum, Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Musée Rodin, Paris
Victoria Tower Gardens, London ⓘ
linked to:
Victoria Tower Gardens
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| genre | public art ⓘ |
| hasMultipleCasts | true ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individualized heads and hands
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six life-size figures ⓘ |
| inception | 1884 ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century public sculpture ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement |
Modern sculpture
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Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional intensity
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expressive realism ⓘ group composition of six figures ⓘ innovative treatment of public monument ⓘ |
| originalCommissionedBy | City of Calais ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Les Bourgeois de Calais
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linked to:
The Burghers of Calais
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| portraysEmotion |
courage
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despair ⓘ fear ⓘ resignation ⓘ |
| style |
dramatic gesture
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naturalistic modeling ⓘ |
| subject |
civic heroism
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human suffering in war ⓘ self-sacrifice of Calais leaders ⓘ |
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Subject: The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin Description of subject: The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin is a bronze sculpture depicting six leaders of Calais during the Hundred Years’ War, renowned for its expressive realism and emotional intensity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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notableWorkInCollection
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The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin
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Maryhill Museum of Art
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notableWorkInCollection
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The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin (casts)
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linked to: The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin