Title:

Harold Varmus at the unveiling of his NIH Director's portrait (image 1)

Creator:

Crawford, John
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Date:

[15 January 2003]

Description:

Standing beside Dr. Varmus (who had since left NIH three years earlier to head the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York) is current NIH Director Elias Zerhouni.. At the ceremony, Varmus gave an art history lesson on the portrait, which has him in the foreground seated and looking gregarious in an open-collared shirt, and a prominent backdrop featuring a famous painting, executed by Jacques Louis David in 1788, of French scientist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife Marie Pierette Paulze. The work was from artist John R. Friedman, whose portraits of other scientific leaders interested Varmus enough to commission him.. More on the ceremony can be found in the 18 February 2003 edition of the NIH Record.

Original Repository:

National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of NIH History

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Harold Varmus at the unveiling of his NIH Director's portrait (image 2), 2003
Varmus Portrait Dedicated in Bldg. 1, 2003
Varmus' remarks at the unveiling of his portrait at NIH, 2003

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. National Institutes of Health. Office of NIH History. 12351. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Office of NIH History Archives.. URL. http://www.history.nih.gov/. Free Text. Image ID: 4826

Legacy ID:

MVBBPC

NLM ID:

101584926X222

Profiles Collection:

The Harold Varmus Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X222

Story Section:

Basic Science and Congressional Politics: NIH Director, 1993-1999