Collaboration of Art and Science in Albert Edelfelt's Portrait of Louis Pasteur
The Making of an Enduring Medical Icon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5834288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard E Weisberg (Baruch College), Bert Hansen (Baruch College) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-91 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the history of medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-5140 • E-ISSN: 1086-3176 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bhm.2015.0001 |
| PMID | 25913463 |
| OpenAlex | W2076732069 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Historians of medicine-and even Louis Pasteur's biographers-have paid little attention to his close relationship with the Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt. A new look at Edelfelt's letters to his mother, written in Swedish and never quoted at length in English, reveals important aspects of Pasteur's working habits and personality. By understanding the active collaboration through which this very famous portrait was made, we also discover unnoticed things in the painting itself, gain a new appreciation of its original impact on the French public's image of science, and better understand its enduring influence on the portrayal of medicine in the art and the popular culture of many countries even to the present day
Icon · Portrait · Public figure · Empathy and Medical Education · History of Medicine Studies · Medical History and Innovations
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |