Eustache de Saint Pierre is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.
In Rodin's first maquette for the project, the figure of Eustache de Saint Pierre (the oldest of the burghers) was in a dominant position within the group, carrying the town's keys.
However, the committee supervising the commission rejected this pose, since it did not wish Saint Pierre to be shown as dejected.
For the figure of Saint Pierre, the head model was the painter Jean-Charles Cazin, who came from the Pas de Calais - 19th century pseudo-sciences such as physiognomy held that each region had a specific set of facial features.
[5] Although clothed in a robe and with a noose round his neck, the figure of Saint Pierre in the finished group is otherwise almost identical to the model.