Portrait of Antoine Lavoisier
Jacques-Louis David · 1788
Why it's great
Antoine Lavoisier, called the father of modern chemistry, sits in a detail from a double portrait by Jacques-Louis David in 1788. Lavoisier was guillotined during the Terror in 1794, even though his work was a gift to science.
🏛️ Part of history
The French Revolution (1789–1799) — Antoine Lavoisier, called the father of modern chemistry, sits in a detail from a double portrait by Jacques-Louis David in 1788.
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Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris and became the greatest painter of the Neoclassical style, inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. He supported the French Revolution and later became Napoleon's official painter. After Napoleon fell, he was forced into exile and spent his last years in Brussels, Belgium. He taught many famous students and shaped French art for generations.
