Jacques de Wissant

Jacques de Wissant was, together with his brother Pierre, one of the six burghers of Calais.

After the historical Jacques de Wissant, the French artist Auguste Rodin created a bronze figure in 1885-1887.

Between 1884 and 1886 Rodin made nude studies of the six personalities.

In this way, he wanted to better reproduce how the human figures looked clothed in sackcloth.

Before the final sculpture, Rodin made two models and a study of Jacques de Wissant.