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About Rude Museum
In Dijon, the Musée Rude occupies the atmospheric setting of a former Romanesque church, where it displays plaster casts of the greatest works of François Rude, one of France's most celebrated 19th-century sculptors and a native of the city. Dominating the space is a full-size cast of his masterpiece, La Marseillaise — the soaring, dramatic relief of the Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 that adorns the Arc de Triomphe in Paris — allowing visitors to admire this national icon up close. Other casts of his powerful, romantic sculptures complete the collection. Set beneath old stone vaults, the museum is free to visit and quietly impressive. Compact, dramatic and steeped in the spirit of Romantic sculpture, the Musée Rude offers an intimate encounter with a great artist's work in the heart of historic Dijon, capital of Burgundy.