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Art History in No Particular Order ~ (17/∞)

Portrait of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Josef Grassi (Austrian), 1804, oil on canvas

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Art History in No Particular Order ~ (1/∞)

Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife

Jacques-Louis David, 1788, Oil on Canvas

Neoclassicism

Painted during the height of the neoclassical era, this painting depicts Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, a French chemist, and his wife, Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze. It was commissioned by Marie-Anne, who had studied drawing from David. Originally, it was to be displayed in the 1789 Salon, but was removed because of a scandal that Lavoisier was involved in.

The painting is very typical of the Neoclassical era in both content and style. Lavoisier himself was a chemist, known for studying gunpowder, oxygen, and water’s chemical composition. He is shown writing at a table, and various scientific tools are beside him. His wife is leaning towards him, and her study of drawing is alluded to with the case on the left side of the canvas. The style is very realistic, but also shows the perfection of man in his ability to use reason and study the sciences.

The artist’s signature can be found on the bottom left, which reads L DAVID, PARISIIS ANNO, 1788.

Currently Located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Art History in No Particular Order ~ (19/∞)

Madame d'Egmont In Her Garden

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, 1763

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Art History in No Particular Order ~ (17/∞)

Portrait of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Josef Grassi (Austrian), 1804, oil on canvas

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Art History Meme - [5/9] paintings: La Donna Velata (The Veiled Woman), Raphael 1516, oil on canvas.

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The Pergola in Marquayrol, 1911, Henri Martin

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Leone in Riposo, 1652

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-Lady in the Park-

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Anna Pavlova as the Dying Swan, 1938 by Antoon van Welie (Dutch, 1866–1956)  

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Gabi Mulder

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Зимний трамвай Алексей Алпатов

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Lilith (Detail), 1887 - John Collier

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March Sun, Pontoise (1875) by Camille Pissarro