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Within a single acre lushly landscaped with cypress trees and gravel paths modeled after the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris, it comprises twenty monumental bronzes that include many of Rodin’s most famous sculptures including The Walking Man, two heads of the Burghers of Calais (the life size versions of which can be seen in Memorial Court in ...
The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates an event during the Hundred Years' War , when Calais , a French port on the English Channel , surrendered to the English after an eleven-month siege.
Burghers of Calais Sculpture. 10 reviews. #5 of 20 things to do in Stanford. Points of Interest & LandmarksMonuments & Statues. Open now. 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM. Write a review. About. Duration: < 1 hour.
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The Burghers of Calais, 2004. The Stanford Family statue, commissioned by Jane Stanford in 1890, was originally placed in Memorial Court. In February 1915, it was moved to the museum and remained there until 1978. Today, Memorial Court houses The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin.
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450 Serra Mall. Stanford Univercity. Stanford, CA 94305. Get directions. 4 reviews and 35 photos of THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS "The Burghers of Calais is a moving work of public art at Stanford University. A replica of Balzac's masterpiece, it is a monumental part of the Stanford Quad not far from the chapel. They are life size, but seem larger ...
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Jun 24, 2023 · Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 1, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. In 1884 the French city of Calais commissioned Auguste Rodin to create a memorial honoring heroes of the Hundred Years' War. (A historical marker located in Stanford in Santa Clara County, California.)
