Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Louis Pasteur Plaquette
Object Number:
1953.09
Date:
1910
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/16 x 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, along right edge: "G. PRUD'HOMME. 1910"
Inscription: reverse, in exergue, at lower right: "G. PRUD'HOMME"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "BRONZE"
Description:
Bronze struck plaquette with draped bust of Pasteur facing left; inscription with laurel branch below, at right: "LOUIS/PASTEUR"; dates above: "1822 1895." Reverse depicts draped female figure seated at desk with chemical implements.
Gallery Label:
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was world-renowned French chemist and biologist, who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease, invented the process of pasteurization, and developed vaccines for several diseases, including rabies.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
