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The Met's Portrait of Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier Reveals its Secrets

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

Jacques-Louis David's famous painting, painted in 1788, has undergone an extensive restoration campaign that began in 2019. This has led to the discovery that the scientific instruments are a later addition by the artist's hand and that Madame Lavoisier was wearing a large hat.