Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife
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+ | The '''''Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife''''' is a double portrait of the French chemist [[Antoine Lavoisier]] and his wife and collaborator [[Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze]], commissioned from the French painter [[Jacques-Louis David]] in 1788 by Marie-Anne (who had been taught drawing by David). It is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York]]. | ||
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+ | == History == | ||
+ | David was paid 7,000 livres for it on 16 December 1788 and the painting was left by Marie-Anne to her great-niece in 1836. It remained in the collection of the comtesse de Chazelles and her descendents until 1924, when it was bought by [[John Davison Rockefeller]]. Rockefeller gave it to the [[Rockefeller University|Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]] in 1927, and it was acquired from this institution by the Metropolitan Museum in 1977. | ||
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+ | == Description == | ||
+ | It shows the couple in his office, with a wood-panelled floor and walls of false marble with three classical pilasters. In the centre the couple face the viewer, with both their heads in three-quarters profile. Marie-Anne is shown standing in profile looking at the viewer. Her costume is that in fashion at the end of the 18th century - a white wig, a white dress with a lace collar and a blue fabric belt. She rests on her husband's shoulder, with her right hand leaning on the table. | ||
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+ | Antoine Lavoisier is seated, wearing a black vest, [[culottes]], stockings and buckled shoes, a white shirt, a white neckscarf and a powdered wig. His face turns towards his wife and he rests his left arm on the table, whilst writing with his right hand using a feather pen. The table is covered with a scarlet tablecloth, many papers, a casket, an inkwell with two more feather pens, a [[barometer]], a gasometer, a water still and a glass [[bell jar]]. A large [[round-bottom flask]] and a tap are on the floor to the right, by the table. To the table's extreme left is a chair with a large document-case and black cloth on it. | ||
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+ | The signature is bottom left, on the table - ''L DAVID, PARISIIS ANNO, 1788''. | ||
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The Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife is a double portrait of the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier and his wife and collaborator Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, commissioned from the French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1788 by Marie-Anne (who had been taught drawing by David). It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
History
David was paid 7,000 livres for it on 16 December 1788 and the painting was left by Marie-Anne to her great-niece in 1836. It remained in the collection of the comtesse de Chazelles and her descendents until 1924, when it was bought by John Davison Rockefeller. Rockefeller gave it to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in 1927, and it was acquired from this institution by the Metropolitan Museum in 1977.
Description
It shows the couple in his office, with a wood-panelled floor and walls of false marble with three classical pilasters. In the centre the couple face the viewer, with both their heads in three-quarters profile. Marie-Anne is shown standing in profile looking at the viewer. Her costume is that in fashion at the end of the 18th century - a white wig, a white dress with a lace collar and a blue fabric belt. She rests on her husband's shoulder, with her right hand leaning on the table.
Antoine Lavoisier is seated, wearing a black vest, culottes, stockings and buckled shoes, a white shirt, a white neckscarf and a powdered wig. His face turns towards his wife and he rests his left arm on the table, whilst writing with his right hand using a feather pen. The table is covered with a scarlet tablecloth, many papers, a casket, an inkwell with two more feather pens, a barometer, a gasometer, a water still and a glass bell jar. A large round-bottom flask and a tap are on the floor to the right, by the table. To the table's extreme left is a chair with a large document-case and black cloth on it.
The signature is bottom left, on the table - L DAVID, PARISIIS ANNO, 1788.