[Portraits of people great and famous and not so famous. Is their likeness really truly handed down for posterity?].

Basing on an extensive illustrative materials, a claim is made that portraits of people who entered the history of medicine, though imprinted firmly in our memory are not necessarily a reflection of their real likeness. This is evident in very diverse presentations of the same people by different artists as well as in an appearance of their first portraits in some cases several centuries after their deaths. Only the portraits and the sculptures made during their lifetime are regarded as credible by the author.