Jean d'Aire
Jean d'Aire is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, first conceived around 1885 as part of the planning for his group The Burghers of Calais.
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| Artist | Auguste Rodin |
| Year | 1885-1886 (conception) |
| Medium | Plaster, later cast in bronze |
Second modello for Jean d´Aire. Museo Soumaya
After the first group modello, he made individual studies of each figure.
Jean d'Aire
The first such study of d'Aire was nude, followed by one partially covered in a kind of toga and with the noose round his neck more obvious. He holds a cushion bearing the keys of Calais and is drawn to the left by the noose. A bronze cast of this second version is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City and other collections.[1][2]
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084044/http://cantorfoundation.org/2014/12/jean-daire-second-maquette/
- Miller, Joan Vita; Marotta, Gary (1986). Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection. ISBN 9780870994432.
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