Pinel Freeing the Insane

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Pinel Freeing the Insane is a 19th-century history painting by Tony Robert-Fleury depicting French physician Philippe Pinel ordering the unchaining of patients at the Bicêtre asylum, symbolizing a humanitarian shift in the treatment of mental illness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting
painting
about Philippe Pinel's reforms at Bicêtre asylum
history of mental health care in France
artForm painting
countryOfOrigin France
creator Tony Robert-Fleury NERFINISHED
creatorNationality French
depicts Philippe Pinel NERFINISHED
Philippe Pinel ordering removal of chains
act of freeing chained patients
history of psychiatry
interior of an asylum
medical history
moral treatment movement
removal of physical restraints from patients
treatment of the mentally ill in late 18th-century France
unchained psychiatric patients
unchaining of patients at the Bicêtre asylum
depictsPlace Bicêtre Hospital NERFINISHED
Bicêtre asylum NERFINISHED
depictsTimePeriod French Revolution era
genre history painting
hasTitleInEnglish Pinel Freeing the Insane NERFINISHED
hasTitleInFrench Pinel délivrant les aliénés NERFINISHED
hasType oil painting
inception 19th century
inspiredBy reforms of Philippe Pinel at Bicêtre
languageOfWork none (visual artwork)
mainSubject abolition of chains for psychiatric patients
humanitarian treatment of the insane
reform of psychiatric care
movement Academic art
portrays Philippe Pinel NERFINISHED
asylum attendants
patients with mental illness
theme enlightenment ideals
humanitarianism
medical reform

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Tony Robert-Fleury notableWork Pinel Freeing the Insane