Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron Dupuytren. Bronze by A. Desboeufs, 1835.

  • Desboeufs, Antoine, Baron, 1793-1862.
Date:
1835
Reference:
11961i
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Description

Dupuytren, professor of surgery and Chirurgien du Roi, devised new instrumentation and operations, notably for Dupuytren's contraction, in which the fingers fold spontaneously over the palm of the hand, a disability suffered at one stage by Margaret Thatcher, among others

Publication/Creation

1835

Physical description

1 sculpture : bronze ; 61 x 38 x 28 cm

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Lettering

Dupuytren. Desboeufs 1835 ; Broquin & Lainé Fondeurs ; Sollier Mouleur, 22 Rue de l'Odeon

Creator/production credits

Sollier, described in the inscription as "Mouleur", might be Joseph Noël Eleazar Sollier d'Apt, b. 1810, described by Bénézit as a sculptor and a pupil of David d'Angers

Reference

Wellcome Collection 11961i

Reproduction note

Another bronze version of this bust is in the Académie de Médecine, Paris (L. Delhoume, Dupuytren, Paris 1935, p. 489, repr. p. 457) and a terracotta is in the subject's home town of Pierrebuffière. A plaster version was exhibited at the 1836 Salon, no. 1905 (information supplied by Joanna Barnes, 1993)

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