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.

Jean d'Aire
ArtistAuguste Rodin
Year1885-1886 (conception)
MediumPlaster, later cast in bronze

Versions

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jean d'Aire, Second Maquette | Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ Miller, Joan Vita; Marotta, Gary (1986). Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9780870994432.
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