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pair of marble busts of a woman and a manpair of marble busts of a boy and a girlpair of marble busts of a man and a woman on a black backgroundpair of white marble busts of a man and a womanpair of marble busts of a man and a woman facing each othertwo statues of a man and a woman are standing side by sidepair of white marble busts of a woman and a mantwo pieces of cement sitting on a black surface
OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES NANTES & RENNES

448 - Louis-Guillaume GROOTAERS (1816–1882).
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Estimate €100 - €200
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Description
Louis-Guillaume GROOTAERS (1816–1882). Bust of a man and bust of a woman wearing a comb. Two sculpted portraits on a plinth in grey-green patinated plaster, signed and dated 1848 (damage and missing parts). Height: 45 and 48 cm Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Grootaers was awarded the Second Prix de Rome. Following this, he joined his father’s studio in his hometown of Nantes. A leading figure in Nantes’s monumental sculpture scene, he created, alongside Debay Jr., the medallions depicting regional celebrities on the Passage Pommeraye and, in collaboration with Daniel Ducommun, worked on the fountain in Place Royale. The Nantes Museum of Fine Arts holds several marble busts, including that of General de Bréa and a terracotta figure of Descartes. 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
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