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Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Alphonse Jongers, 1926
Henri Hébert
Canadian, 1884
- 1950
bronze
52.6 x 22 x 17.6 cm
Purchased 1927
National Gallery of Canada (no. 3521)
After working briefly in Montreal, the French born Alphonse Jongers (1872-1945) moved to New York in 1900, returning in 1924 to Montreal where he had considerable success as a society portrait painter. The sculpture is inscribed on the back: "à l'ami Jongers bien cordialement" (With warm regards to my friend Jongers). A great admirer of classical sculpture, Hébert depicts the artist in the manner of a Roman senator, an effect heightened by the inset eyes and dark black patina or colouring.
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