François-Séraphin DELPECH (1778-1825) and Nicolas-Eustache MAURIN (1778-1850) Bust portrait with oval view of Baron Guillaume DUPUYTREN (1777-1835), anatomist and surgeon, physician to Charles X and his brother Louis XVIII, president of the Paris Anatomical Society and the French National Academy of Medicine. An admission voucher for the Hôtel Dieu signed by the model and a label with his signature matted on it. Lithograph enhanced in color in a Charles X period wood and gilded stucco frame decorated with shells and oak branches. 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Unstuck.

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