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OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES NANTES & RENNES

Estimate €400 - €600
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Description
JOLY Foundry. Portrait of René-Théophile Laennec (1781–1826). Bust in bronze with a brown-green patina, marked on the reverse, mounted on a corner pedestal in oak. Foundry’s signature on the back. Total height: 90 cm – Height of bust: 58 cm – Height of plinth: 32 cm The physician René-Théophile Laennec is notably credited with inventing auscultation and coining the term ‘stethoscope’. Another cast of this bust stands in front of the Faculty of Medicine in Nantes, a town near which the hospital bearing his name (Saint-Herblain) is also situated. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Quintessence IV – Part 2: Furniture & Works of Art
Auction location
Auction time 10/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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