Artist: Maurice Quentin De La Tour
Museum: The Frick Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, United States)
Technique: Drawing
Charles-Marie de la Condamine (1701-1774) was a world-renowned scientist, geographer and mathematician. He was a member of the Académie Royal des Sciences, the Royal Society of London, the Berlin Academy and the Académie Francaise. In this portrait he is shown wearing the insignia of the order of the Knights of Saint-Lazarus. This portrait is thought to have been executed in about 1753, after the scientist
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