In 1788, Jacques Louis David painted a full-length double portrait of the chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, his wife and scientific collaborator, casting ...

David’s original painting of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife depicted the couple as self-indulged nobles rather than liberal leaders of science. Met conservator Dorothy Mahon performs ...

Several years ago, the conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art received a painting by the 18th Century French artist, Jacques Louis David. The task was to simply remove varnish to make the ...

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier is sometimes called the father of modern chemistry for his contributions to the field during the 18th century. That honor is often illustrated by a portrait of Lavoisier with ...

ANTOINE Laurent Lavoisier, the architect of modern chemistry, was born in Paris on August 26, 1743. His father was an advocate and his mother the daughter of an advocate. The fortunes of the family of ...