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/
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Year Created LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Medium
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History
David was paid 7,000 livres for the portrait on 16 December 1788
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Oil on canvas
Ownership
was acquired from this institution by the Metropolitan Museum in 1977
Lead section
It shows the couple in Lavoisier's office, with a wood-paneled floor and walls of false marble with three classical pilasters.
In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
The Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier (French: Portrait d'Antoine et Marie-Anne Lavoisier) is a double portrait of the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier and his wife and collaborator Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, commissi
Created By: Jacques-Louis David, lead paragraph
The Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier (French: Portrait d'Antoine et Marie-Anne Lavoisier) is a double portrait of the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier and his wife and collaborator Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, commissi
In Group: Family, Couple and Group Portraits, Lead
The Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier (French: Portrait d'Antoine et Marie-Anne Lavoisier) is a double portrait of the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier and his wife and collaborator Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze,
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