Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (obverse) (1911): Art, History and Details

Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (obverse) (1911) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The French sculptor and medalist Alfred Borrel (1836-1927) created this portrait medal to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Rouget de L'Isle's death in 1836, the same year in which the sculptor was born.

Object facts

• Title: Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (obverse)
• Date: 1911
• Creator attribution: Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927)
• Culture: France
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1919.99.a

A detail from the museum

Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle composed the French national anthem, La Marseillaises, in 1792 in Strasbourg after France had declared war on Austria.

Collection credit

Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock

View the collection record

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