Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his Wife

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Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his Wife is a celebrated Neoclassical painting depicting the pioneering chemist Antoine Lavoisier and his wife Marie-Anne in an intimate, intellectually engaged domestic setting.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical painting
oil painting
painting
artStyle Neoclassical
collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art
colorPalette muted tones
rich reds
commissionedBy Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
completionDate 1788
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jacques-Louis David
creatorNationality French
depicts Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
depictsActivity intellectual conversation
scientific work
depictsObject glassware
inkstand
papers
scientific instruments
depictsOccupation chemist
depictsSetting domestic setting
interior
depictsTimePeriod late 18th century
exhibitionHistory The Metropolitan Museum of Art permanent collection
genre portrait painting
hasPart figure of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
figure of Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
red tablecloth
scientific apparatus
table
height 259.7 cm
inception 1788
inventoryNumber 1977.10
languageOfWork none
location New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Neoclassicism
notableFor intimate portrayal of a scientific couple
representation of scientific inquiry in art
significantFigure Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
width 194.6 cm

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jacques-Louis David
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