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Revolutionary Instruments
By Horton A. Johnson
In 1788, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and Jacques-Louis David were introduced
during a sitting for the illustrious
scientist's portrait. The
two men would go very separate ways in the
political revolution that followed, but the
rencontre yielded an immense canvas still regarded as one
of the greatest portraits of the 18th century. Read
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