Portrait of Louis Pasteur
- Artist
- Albert Edelfelt
- Date
- 1885 ; Finland
- Style
- Realism
- Genre
- Portrait
- Location
- Musée d'Orsay
Albert Edelfelt's portrait of Louis Pasteur, painted in 1885, vividly captures the renowned French chemist in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm. The oil painting exemplifies Realism by depicting Pasteur surrounded by his experimental apparatus and innovative laboratory glassware, essential to his groundbreaking work in bacteriology. This portrait emphasizes Pasteur's meticulous scientific environment, celebrating his role as a pioneer in microbiology, and showcases the detailed sophistication of the canvas and the artist’s skill in capturing both scientific precision and personal dignity.
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