“A landmark of European portraiture that asserts a modern, scientifically minded couple in fashionable but simple dress, this painting was excluded from the Salon of 1789 for fears it would further ignite revolutionary zeal. Technical analysis has revealed that a first iteration excluded the scientific instruments and would have been a far more conventional portrait of a wealthy, fashionable couple of the tax-collector class. Lavoisier was a pioneering chemist credited with the discovery of oxygen and the chemical composition of water through experiments in which his wife collaborated. However, he was also involved in studies of gunpowder and a misunderstanding about his removal of this precious commodity from the Bastille in the summer of 1789 threw his alliances into question. This mishap and his status as a tax collector (the more prosaic means by which he funded his scientific research) led him to be guillotined in 1794.”
,Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier at wikiwand
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Thank you so much!
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My pleasure, always, Sheila. 🙂🌻
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What a rare moment of realness caught from those days. Brutal way to see his life finish, wow.
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Brutal, indeed, Ray. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙂
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Oh, my goodness, how interesting!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Mitzy. 🙂🌻
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A beautiful portrait. How tragic that the gentleman portrayed, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, lost his head for his scientific research.
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Yes, such a sad ending. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Rosaliene. 🙂🌻
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What a delightful image! Nothing boring about this couple’s relationship… 😊
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Not boring at all! lol I am looking for a good biography about them both. I would love to learn more about them. 🙂🌻
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I didn’t know about the “first iteration” of this painting. Thank you for educating me.
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Thanks for learning along with me, Dolly. 🙂🌻
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My pleasure, darling.
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