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Shelfmark:	David's copyPrivate collection	Suggestions & Corrections
Type:	painting
Dimension:	48 x 38

Component's data
Thematic group:	Iconography of Lavoisier  Documents on and by Madame Lavoisier
Type:	portrait
Abstract:	This is a curious copy of David's portrait which introduces, in addition to Lavoisier and his wife, the presence of three men, surrounding Lavoisier while writing at his desk and of a woman, standing besides Madame Lavoisier (first from left). It seems reasonable to believe that the artist intended to portray the équipe of the Méthode de nomenclature chimique (a work on the reform of chemical nomenclature published by Lavoisier, Guyton, Fourcroy and Lavoisier) with the addition of Madame Lavoisier and Madame Picardet (she was mistress and later wife of Guyton and acquainted with Madame Lavoisier), both translators of chemical works. The romantic pose of the man standing on the right dressed in red who looks at Madame Picardet, suggests a romantic pictorial style, an element which postpones the date of the painting to well into the 19th century. The poor quality of the painting suggests that it is a product of an amateur. The painting shows areas of restoration.

Related components	(2)

bibliography
	book
		bibliographic reference	Imaging a Career in Science. The Iconography of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier...
copy of
	painting
		portrait	Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze)...

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Attributes
Person	City	Cronology	Position
name: Claude-Louis Berthollet resp.: portrayed ?	name: -	date of: manufacture epoch: 19 (2°)
name: Antoine François de Fourcroy resp.: portrayed ?	name: -	date of: manufacture epoch: 19 (2°)
name: Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau resp.: portrayed ?	name: -	date of: manufacture epoch: 19 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier resp.: portrayed	name: -	date of: manufacture epoch: 19 (2°)
name: Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier resp.: portrayed	name: -	date of: manufacture epoch: 19 (2°)
name: Claudine née Poulet Picardet resp.: portrayed ?	name: -	date of: manufacture epoch: 19 (2°)

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