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Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife (1788)
It shows the couple in Lavoisier's office, Antoine Lavoisier is seated, wearing a black vest, culottes, stockings and buckled shoes, a white shirt with a lace jabot and a powdered wig. His face turns towards his wife and he rests his left arm on the table, whilst writing with his right hand using a quill pen. Marie-Anne is shown standing, looking at the viewer. Her costume is that in fashion at the end of the 18th century – a white wig, a white dress with a lace collar, and a blue fabric belt.
