Strange sculpture, is it not? The history this statue depicts varies. The event that motivated this interesting tableau occurred during the Hundred Years War. The English blockaded the town of Calais. No food could get in. The townspeople were starving. They appealed to the English for mercy.
The English agreed on one condition. Six prominent Calais citizens had to offer themselves as ransom. Look at the picture. The six are in their underwear, barefoot, and wearing nooses around their necks.
