03 — ARTWORK
March of the Volunteers of 1792 (La Marseillaise)
- MEDIUM
- Chérence stone, height 1.270 cm
- TYPE
- Historical
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COMMENTARY
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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 reliefA sculptural work in which all or part projects from the flat surface. There are three basic forms: low relief (bas-relief, basso rilievo), in which figures project less than half their depth from the background; medium relief (mezzo-rilievo), in which figures are seen half round; and high relief (alto rilievo), in which figures are almost detached from their background. 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>
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {March of the Volunteers of 1792 (La Marseillaise) by RUDE, François},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rude-franois-r4b36995f7be7aa/march-of-the-volunteers-of-1792-la-marseillaise-r943ce364c35e93},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
