Science and taste : painting, passions, and the new philosophy in 17th-century Leiden / Pamela H. Smith.
Abstract:
'This article argues that the art collection owned by Franciscus dele Boë, Sylvius, a professor of practical medicine at the University of Leiden from 1658 to 1672, gives insight into some aspects of the character and significance of the new philosophy in the mid-17th century.'
Isis Vol. 90 (1999), p. 421-461