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Revolutionary Instruments: Lavoisier’s Tools as Objets d’Art | Science History Institute

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In 1788 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and Jacques-Louis David were introduced during a sitting for the illustrious scientist’s portrait. In 1788, just as the stage was set for revolution, France’s most celebrated scientist met with France’s most celebrated artist. This sitting for a portrait of the illustrious scientist and his wife may not have been an entirely cordial meeting. The scientist, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794), was one of the king’s men; the artist, Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), would four years later vote for the king’s execution. The rencontre yielded an immense canvas still regarded as one of the greatest portraits of the 18th century. The meeting in 1788 between Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) resulted in one of David’s finest portraits, an icon of the Enlightenment now hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting shows Lavoisier and his wife and partner in science, Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758–1836). Beh

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