Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 11 works by Louis Pasteur in our catalogue
In short
To the gallery's eye, Louis Pasteur's most famous painting is Jean-Joseph Pasteur, Louis Pasteur (1842), whose original hangs in the Musée Pasteur, Paris. Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur (1836) and Pierre-Joseph Gaidot, a cooper in Arbois. (1838) complete the trio every eye recognises. Of the 11 works by Louis Pasteur in our catalog, the gallery presents the 10 most famous below, each original with its year, its museum and what makes it unique.
The portrait presents a middle-aged man in a seated pose, captured from a frontal perspective. The composition is centered on the subject’s face and upper torso, utilizing a dark background that isolates the figure and emphasizes his facial features. The man is dressed in a dark coat worn over a white shirt and a black bow tie. A small red epaulette is visible on the shoulder of his coat, providing…
In the quiet intimacy of "Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur," we are invited to step back into the year 1836, encountering a moment frozen in time through the eyes of a master. This evocative portrait captures an elderly woman with a profound sense of dignity and grace, presenting a close-up study that draws the viewer into her very essence. The composition is masterfully centered, forcing an immediate and inescapable connection between…
The portrait captures a man named Pierre-Joseph Gaidot, a cooper from Arbois, emerging from a deep, dark void. His presence is heavy and immediate. A blue coat wraps around his frame, anchored by the sharp brightness of a yellow tie. His hair is a shock of white against the gloom. He wears glasses, a small detail that catches the light and fixes his gaze upon the viewer. The composition is…
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The museum that holds the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Louis Pasteur | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Musée Pasteur |
Paris | 10 | Jean-Joseph Pasteur, Louis Pasteur, Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur, Pierre-Joseph Gaidot, a cooper in Arbois. |
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In the quiet intimacy of "Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur," we are invited to step back into the year 1836, encountering a moment frozen in time through the eyes of a master. This evocative portrait captures an elderly woman with a profound sense of dignity and grace, presenting a close-up study that draws the viewer into her very essence. The composition is masterfully centered, forcing an immediate and inescapable connection between…
The portrait presents a middle-aged man in a seated pose, captured from a frontal perspective. The composition is centered on the subject’s face and upper torso, utilizing a dark background that isolates the figure and emphasizes his facial features. The man is dressed in a dark coat worn over a white shirt and a black bow tie. A small red epaulette is visible on the shoulder of his coat, providing…
Jean-Joseph Pasteur, Louis Pasteur (1842), Musée Pasteur, Paris. Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur (1836) and Pierre-Joseph Gaidot, a cooper in Arbois. (1838) come next.
20 years old: Jean-Joseph Pasteur, Louis Pasteur dates from 1842, and Louis Pasteur was born in 1822.
Jean-Joseph Pasteur, Louis Pasteur, Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur, Pierre-Joseph Gaidot, a cooper in Arbois., pastel1, pastel, Charles Roch. Charles Roch was the son of F.-E. Roch and the brother of S. Roch., François-Emmanuel Roch, storekeeper in Arbois. F.-E. Roch was the father of C. and S. Roch., Didier Netzer, a fellow student of Louis Pasteur at school in Besançon., Vine stock in a greenhouse, with bunches wrapped in cotton. and Anonymous woman from Franche-Comté. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 11 works by Louis Pasteur, dated from 1836 to 1879.
Mostly in Musée Pasteur (Paris). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1830s: 6 of the 10 works on this page were made then, Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur among them.
On this page, the earliest is Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur (1836) and the latest Vine stock in a greenhouse, with bunches wrapped in cotton. (1879).
Jean-Joseph Pasteur, Louis Pasteur, Jeanne-Etienne Roqui, Louis Pasteur and Pierre-Joseph Gaidot, a cooper in Arbois.: the Musée Pasteur, Paris holds 10 of the works on this page.
