 From object |
| Shelfmark: |
 MG 1612 |
| Type: |
sculpture |
| Dimension: |
83 x 81 |
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 Component's data |
| Type: |
portrait |
| Text: |
Lavoisier |
| Comment: |
This is the sculpted head of Lavoisier which served as a model for the statue of Place de La Madeleine |
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| From object |
| Shelfmark: |
Statue de la Madeleine |
| Type: |
sculpture |
| Dimension: |
h 190 |
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| Component's data |
| Type: |
portrait |
| Text: |
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 1743-1794. Fondateur de la chimie moderne |
| Comment: |
Lavoisier standing and pointing the way. On his left side he is holding a glass jar from his pneumatic apparatus coupled with an assay balance. Two bas-reliefs decorated the side of pedestal. From the very beginning the artistic quality of Barrias’ sculpture was criticized and it often inspired more irony than consideration. A contemporary commentator in fact remarked “qu’on le représente [Lavoisier] portant sa tête sous le bras”. Others thought that Barrias simply took Condorcet as a model (the statue in Quai de Conti). The statue was erected in Place de la Madeleine (Paris) in 1900 and it was destroyed by the Nazi in 1943 |
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