490988 Jean d\'Aire, 1884 (bronze) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); h:46.99 w:16.51 d:12.06 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: In 1884 Rodin won a competition for a monument for Calais (a city on the northeastern coast of France) that would commemorate an event that took place in 1347, during the Hundred Years??War. To end a devastating siege of their city, six townspeople offered themselves to the English as hostages. One of the over life-size figures incorporated into Rodin??? composition, known as the Burghers of Calais, was the figure of Jean d???ire, of which this is a reduced cast. signed front of base: "A. Rodin." Inscribed back of base: "Alexis Rudier/Fondeur, Paris." ); Gift of Lo簿e Fuller; French, out of copyright.