Portrait of the Artist's Parents, Marie-Rose-Bonne Delaporte Patey and Jacques-Jérôme-Xavier Patey

1894

Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey

Associated Names
Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey

Artist, French, 1855 - 1930

The sculpture is a bronze relief depicting the profiles of an elderly man and woman facing each other. The woman has her hair styled in a bun and is on the left, while the man has distinctive facial hair and is on the right. Both figures are shown in profile against a flat background in high relief. The bronze material gives the sculpture a uniform brownish hue with variations due to light and shadows. The relief includes inscriptions around the figures in capitals, Roman numerals, and Latin phrases. The flat, rectangular form suggests it might be a commemorative plaque or medal.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David and Constance Yates, New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

around upper left, top, and upper right: .NÉE.DELAPORTE. / MARIE.ROSE.BONNE. | JACQVES.JEROME.XAVIER. / .SCVLPTEVR.; between the busts: PATEY / M / DCCC / LXXXXIV; across bottom on parapet: .QVOS.IVNXIT.AMOR. / .IVNXIT.ITERVM.FILII.PIA.MANVS. [Those whom love joined together, the son's devoted hand has joined again]

Wikidata ID

Q63864004

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