Jean d’Aire
acrylic, ink, marker, rope, fabric and found materials on multiple canvases
The Burghers of Calais tells the story of the siege of Calais in 1347, during the Hundred Years War. Surrounded for a year by English soldiers under King Edward III, six leading citizens of Calais, the Burghers, offered to die if Edward spared the rest of the town's people.
Jean d’Aire is regarded as the key financial member of the group, the one holding the keys to the city and the vault. He is represented as a hard man, but broken in the need to serve his town.
40 x 27.5 cm
400 x 275 mm
For sale: all 6 pieces: $3600
Individual pieces: $750.