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Unknown — Four Portrait Medallions of French Doctors and Scientists including Benjamin Anger, Ambroise Paré, Jacques Lordat and Siméon Denis Poisson
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Four Portrait Medallions of French Doctors and Scientists including Benjamin Anger, Ambroise Paré, Jacques Lordat and Siméon Denis Poisson

A bronze sculptural work featuring four portrait medallions of prominent French doctors and scientists, rendered in classical medallion format with dark brown patina. The piece honors Benjamin Anger, Ambroise Paré, Jacques Lordat, and Siméon Denis Poisson.

Medium
bronze with dark brown patina

🔨 Auction Lot

Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II

March 29, 2021

Estimate: $500$700

Lot 74

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Unknown, Four Portrait Medallions of French Doctors and Scientists including Benjamin Anger, Ambroise Paré, Jacques Lordat and Siméon Denis Poisson

A bronze sculptural work featuring four portrait medallions of prominent French doctors and scientists, rendered in classical medallion format with dark brown patina. The piece honors Benjamin Anger, Ambroise Paré, Jacques Lordat, and Siméon Denis Poisson.

Medium
bronze with dark brown patina
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Scientists, Doctors, Bronze, French, Portrait Medallions, 19th Century, Sculpture, Classical, Patina, Commemorative Art

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art