In 1948, the Science Museum, London, acquired a drawing by French artist Sébastien Le Clerc entitled The Physical Laboratory of the Académie des Sciences, bequeathed by the chemist and collector George Hugh Gabb. Separated from two other drawings by Le Clerc of the same composition, the drawing has been interpreted as a view of the French Académie des Sciences after its move to the Louvre in 1699. This essay considers the provenance and reception history of the drawing, paying attention to its research and interpretation by Gabb. His comparison of the related unfinished print to Le Clerc's most famous image, L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, reveals similar employment of instruments and imagery by Le Clerc, showing both the artist and the Académie producing scientific knowledge through art. Gabb's drawing gives one rich example of how we can understand the entwined histories of art and science over time.

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George Gabb 和“Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc”：艺术、科学和知识的视觉生产

1948 年，伦敦科学博物馆获得了法国艺术家塞巴斯蒂安·勒克莱尔 (Sébastien Le Clerc) 的一幅名为《科学学院物理实验室》的画作，由化学家和收藏家乔治·休·加布 (George Hugh Gabb) 遗赠。与勒克莱尔的另外两幅相同构图的画作分开，这幅画被解释为法国科学院于 1699 年移至卢浮宫后的景象。本文考虑了这幅画的出处和接收历史，注意对 Gabb 的研究和解释。他将相关的未完成版画与 Le Clerc 最著名的图像L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts 进行了比较，揭示了 Le Clerc 对仪器和图像的类似使用，展示了艺术家和学院通过艺术产生科学知识。Gabb 的绘画提供了一个丰富的例子，说明我们如何理解随着时间的推移交织在一起的艺术和科学历史。