The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (obverse)
1911
sculptor
(French, 1836–1927)
Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock 1919.899.a
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle composed the French national anthem, La Marseillaises, in 1792 in Strasbourg after France had declared war on Austria.Description
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.- Mr. Lawrence Hitchcock, Cleveland.
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