Each of the six figures cast in this sculpture has a noose around his neck and is dressed in rags.
One figure in this work who is identified as Pierre de Wiessant gestures with one hand as he turns towards the youngest figure who stands with his arms uplifted and with his mouth open. Jean d'Aire stands firmly in his place with his jaw set, holding a set of keys, while another covers his head with enormous hands and crouches behind (*) Eustache de Saint-Pierre, the leader of the titular group. Each of the six figures cast in this sculpture has a noose around his neck and is dressed in rags. Commissioned to honor the sacrifice of young French soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War, it depicts a popular story of sacrifice from the Hundred Years War. For ten points, name this sculpture showing the prominent citizens of the titular French port about to surrender to the English, a work of Auguste Rodin.
One figure in this work who is identified as Pierre de Wiessant gestures with one hand as he turns towards the youngest figure who stands with his arms uplifted and with his mouth open.
The Burghers of Calais