Lavoisier and His Wife

Lavoisier is the father of modern chemistry, and his wife was a very intelligent woman and a scientist in her own right...a real grrrl geek for the 18th century.
Unfortunately, Lavoisier had a bit of a gig as a tax collector on the side of his normal job of being an aristocrat and hobbyist chemist. This didn't work out so well for him when the revolution broke out.
His wife, Marie-anne managed to salvage most of his Chemistry stuff, and remaried...this time to a psysicist!

The painting is by Jaques-Louis David

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