The Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier is a double portrait of the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier and his wife and scientific collaborator Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze. It was commissioned from the French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1788 by Marie-Anne herself. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Year Created LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier (Wikipedia)
History
David was paid 7,000 livres for the portrait on 16 December 1788
Description
The work is painted in oils on a canvas of 259.7 x 194.6 cm
Ownership
was acquired from this institution by the Metropolitan Museum in 1977
Genre reference
It was commissioned from the French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1788 by Marie-Anne herself.
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