# March of the Volunteers of 1792 \(La Marseillaise\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUDE, François]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Chérence stone, height 1.270 cm ## Commentary March of the Volunteers of 1792 \(La Marseillaise\) 1833-36 Chérence stone, height 1.270 cm Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris Rude's relief on the right socle of the east side of the monument facing the city, shows the army of volunteers that marched out of Marseille on July 5 1792 to defend the revolution against counter-revolutionary forces. As they marched through France, they sang the song composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg on April 26. They called it the Marseillaise, and in 1879 it became the French national anthem. Under the same label, Rude's relief gained worldwide fame. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/rouget\_marseillaise.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Claude-Joseph Rouget de L'Isle: Marsellaise, French national anthem</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [March of the Volunteers of 1792 \(detail\)]() - [March of the Volunteers of 1792 \(detail\)]() - [March of the Volunteers of 1792 \(detail\)]() - [Marshal Ney]() - [Napoleon Rising to Immortality]() - [Neapolitan Fisherboy Playing with a Tortoise]() - [The Imperial Eagle Watching over Napoleon]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()