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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Plaquette

1886 (made)
Artist/Maker
Roty, Oscar (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

Roty revived the format of the Renaissance plaquette, though he usually added a second side. This innovation proved enormously influential on French medal design. The legend in French, reads: ‘J B Roty · Teacher · Elisabeth · Virginie · born Dedvit’; beneath in Latin, ‘Husbands and wives are joined with faithful love just as parents and children are with hands and devotion’.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Plaques & Plaquettes
Bronze
Object type
Plaquette
Materials and techniques
Cast bronze
Bronze
Cast
Brief description
Plaquette, cast bronze, 1886, French, J. B. Roty and Madame Roty.
Physical description
Plaquette, cast bronze, with portrait busts facing one another of Monsiue J.B. Roty and Madame Roty, and the legend J.B. ROTY. INSTITVTEVR. ELISABETH. VIRGINIE. nee. DEDVIT. Beneath is the inscription VT FIDO AMORE CONJVGES SIC FILII PIETATE ET MANV PARENTES JVNCTI. By Louis Oscar Roty.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.375in
  • Width: 6.375in
Object history
Bought with Nos. 659-1894 to 684-1894 for £159. 4s. 1d.
Summary
Roty revived the format of the Renaissance plaquette, though he usually added a second side. This innovation proved enormously influential on French medal design. The legend in French, reads: ‘J B Roty · Teacher · Elisabeth · Virginie · born Dedvit’; beneath in Latin, ‘Husbands and wives are joined with faithful love just as parents and children are with hands and devotion’.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1894. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. pp. 97
  • Trusted, Marjorie. ed. The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European sculpture. London. 2007. p. 87. pl. 145.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
668-1894

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
Record URL
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