Photo of collection object Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836)
Borrel, Alfred. Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836), 1911. bronze, Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.). Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock, 1919.99. CC0.

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

1911

Alfred Borrel

Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927)

Decorative Art and Design

Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836), 1911. Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927). Bronze; overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock 1919.99 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. Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle composed the French national anthem, La Marseillaises, in 1792 in Strasbourg after France had declared war on Austria.
Maker/Artist
Borrel, Alfred
Classification
Metalwork
Formatted Medium
bronze
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Inscribed
Inscription: Obverse: raised inscription: ROUGET DE L'ISLE 1760 1836; inscribed lower left: A. BORREL Reverse: [score and all verses of "La Marseillaises"]
Accession Number
1919.99
Credit Line
Gift of Lawrence Hitchcock
Rights Statement
CC0

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