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The tall figure of Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes (1747–1818) is shown sitting in a lordly pose with a chair, table and inkwell in neoclassical style, holding his pen as if putting the finishing touches to the ‘Progress of the art of healing’. Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes (1747–1818) is known from his writings, and from writings about him, as a fearless surgeon, reproached for his boldness but defiant of criticism and proud of his achievements, whose career in France under the Ancien Régime, the Revolution and the Empire took many twists and turns.
Title
Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes
Date
1799–1800
Medium
black chalk & white gouache on paper
Measurements
H 62.5 x W 47.8 cm
Accession number
729420i
Acquisition method
purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Art Fund, 2010
Work type
Drawing
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