The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (obverse)

1911
sculptor

Alfred Borrel

(French, 1836–1927)
France
bronze
Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock 1919.99.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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