Antique portraiture engravings from 17th century onwards
Lot 130972: Dr. Guillaume Dupuytren engraved by Amroise Tardieu 1826
This engraving portrays the prominent French anatomist and military surgeon Guillaume Dupuytren.
Born in 1777 and died in 1835, he became one of the most famous surgeons of the 19th century in France.
He worked as the head surgeon at the famous Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris.
It was printed as part of a series of portraits of distinguished medical figures for the historical biographical collections edited and published by C.L.F. Panckoucke in Paris during the 1820s.
Size: 14cm x 20cm
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