Medal of Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle (1760-1836) (Cleveland Museum of Art 1919.899)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1911
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1919.899: 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.). Inscribed: Obverse: raised inscription: ROUGET DE L'ISLE 1760 1836; inscribed lower left: A. BORREL Reverse: [score and all verses of "La Marseillaises"]. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Historical context
Claude Joseph Rouget de L'Isle composed the French national anthem, La Marseillaises, in 1792 in Strasbourg after France had declared war on Austria.
Physical characteristics
- Materials
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Overall: 5.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- bronze
Design
- Inscription
- Obverse: raised inscription: ROUGET DE L'ISLE 1760 1836; inscribed lower left: A. BORREL Reverse: [score and all verses of "La Marseillaises"]
Identification
- Date recorded
- 1911
- Culture period
- France
- Maker recorded
- Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927)
- Museum attribution
- Alfred Borrel (French, 1836–1927)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1919.899
- Museum classification
- Metalwork
Catalogue references
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