The Burghers of Calais
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The Burghers of Calais is a famous bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting six citizens of Calais offering themselves as hostages during the Hundred Years’ War, celebrated for its emotional realism and innovative composition.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Burghers of Calais canonical | 8 |
| Les Bourgeois de Calais | 5 |
| "The Burghers of Calais" | 2 |
| burghers of Calais | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2404424 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Burghers of Calais Context triple: [Rodin Museum, hasWork, The Burghers of Calais]
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A.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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B.
City of Bruges
The City of Bruges is a historic Flemish city in present-day Belgium, renowned for its medieval architecture, canals, and role as a major commercial and cultural center in the Low Countries.
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C.
House of Burgundy
The House of Burgundy was a powerful medieval European dynasty that ruled over the Duchy of Burgundy and influenced the politics of France and the Low Countries.
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D.
Lady of Montargis
Lady of Montargis is a noble title historically associated with Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, reflecting her lordship over the French lordship of Montargis.
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E.
King of Burgundy
The King of Burgundy was the medieval monarch who ruled the historical Kingdom of Burgundy in Western Europe, a realm that later came under the control of the Salian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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 Target entity description: The Burghers of Calais is a famous bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting six citizens of Calais offering themselves as hostages during the Hundred Years’ War, celebrated for its emotional realism and innovative composition.
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A.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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B.
City of Bruges
The City of Bruges is a historic Flemish city in present-day Belgium, renowned for its medieval architecture, canals, and role as a major commercial and cultural center in the Low Countries.
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C.
House of Burgundy
The House of Burgundy was a powerful medieval European dynasty that ruled over the Duchy of Burgundy and influenced the politics of France and the Low Countries.
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D.
Lady of Montargis
Lady of Montargis is a noble title historically associated with Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, reflecting her lordship over the French lordship of Montargis.
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E.
King of Burgundy
The King of Burgundy was the medieval monarch who ruled the historical Kingdom of Burgundy in Western Europe, a realm that later came under the control of the Salian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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public monument ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artisticFeature |
figures placed on same level as viewer
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individualized expressions of anguish and resignation ⓘ life-size figures ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical account by Jean Froissart ⓘ |
| cast | multiple casts exist ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1884 ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1889 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Calais
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surface form:
Calais, France
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| 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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surface form:
Hundred Years’ War
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| depictsEvent |
Siege of Calais (1346–1347)
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surface form:
Siege of Calais
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| genre | public art ⓘ |
| hasCopy |
Copenhagen
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surface form:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum, Japan ⓘ Kunstmuseum Basel ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ National Gallery of Art ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Musée Rodin, Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Rodin Museum, Paris
Seoul ⓘ
surface form:
Seoul, South Korea
Victoria Tower Gardens ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria Tower Gardens, London
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| inception | 1884 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| locationOfOriginal | Calais ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement |
Impressionism in sculpture
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Realism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| originalCommissionedBy | City of Calais ⓘ |
| originallyIntendedLocation |
Calais Town Hall
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surface form:
Calais town hall square
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| significantFor |
departure from traditional heroic monument style
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emotional realism ⓘ innovative group composition ⓘ |
| theme |
civic heroism
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sacrifice ⓘ suffering in war ⓘ |
| titleInFrench |
The Burghers of Calais
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Les Bourgeois de Calais
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| unveiled | 1895 ⓘ |
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Subject: The Burghers of Calais Description of subject: The Burghers of Calais is a famous bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting six citizens of Calais offering themselves as hostages during the Hundred Years’ War, celebrated for its emotional realism and innovative composition.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Les Bourgeois de Calais
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The Burghers of Calais
this entity surface form:
burghers of Calais
subject surface form:
The Burghers of Calais
this entity surface form:
Les Bourgeois de Calais
this entity surface form:
Les Bourgeois de Calais
this entity surface form:
"The Burghers of Calais"
this entity surface form:
"The Burghers of Calais"
this entity surface form:
Les Bourgeois de Calais
this entity surface form:
burghers of Calais
this entity surface form:
Les Bourgeois de Calais