Portrait of Alphonse Leroy, Jacques-Louis David, 1783

Alphonse-louis leroy, a famous gynecologist, published many works and treated david's wife. He is depicted as an intellectual at work, leaning on a work by hippocrates and lit by a "quinquet" lamp, a modern medical instrument and symbol of technological progress. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1783. Dimensions: height: 72 cm (28.3 in) ; width: 91 cm (35.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Alphonse-Louis Leroy. Collection: Fabre museum. PeinturesMuséeFabre073-David