Georges de La Tour

1593–1652 · Duchy of Lorraine · Baroque

Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. Wikipedia

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Candlelight in darkness, smooth, simplified faces and stillness; card sharps and penitent Magdalenes.

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Works

“The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds”, 1635 — Louvre
“The Fortune Teller”, 1630 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Saint Sebastian Attended by Saint Irene”, 1649 — Louvre
“Joseph the Carpenter”, 1642 — Louvre
“Magdalene with the Smoking Flame”, 1642 — Louvre
“The Penitent Magdalen”, 1640 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“The Newborn”, 1645 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
“The Dream of Saint Joseph”, 1600–1649 — Nantes Museum of Arts
“The Repentant Magdalen”, 1637
“The Hurdy-gurdy Player or The Hurdy-gurdy Player With A Fly”, 1631 — Nantes Museum of Arts
“The Adoration of the Shepherds”, 1645 — Louvre
“The Musicians' Brawl”, 1620s — J. Paul Getty Museum
“Magdalen with the Smoking Flame”, 1640 — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
“Job Mocked by his Wife”, 1620 — Musée départemental d'Art ancien et contemporain
“The Hurdy-Gurdy Player with a Dog”, 1622 — Musée du Mont-de-Piété de Bergues
“Woman Catching Fleas”, 1635 — Musée Lorrain
“The Denial of Saint Peter”, 1650 — Nantes Museum of Arts
“The Dice Players”, 1650 — Preston Park Museum
“Smoker”, 1646 — Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
“Peasant couple eating peas”, 1623 — Gemäldegalerie
“St Thomas”, 1627 — Louvre
“The Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player”, 1610–1630 — Museo del Prado
“Saint John the Baptist in the Desert”, 1651 — Musée départemental Georges de La Tour
“Saint Peter Repentant”, 1645 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“A Girl Blowing on a Brazier”, 1647 — Louvre Abu Dhabi
“St. Thomas” — National Museum of Western Art
“Boy blowing into a lamp”, 1640 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
“The Penitent St Jerome”, 1620s — Nationalmuseum
“Saint Jerome reading a letter”, 1627 — Instituto Cervantes
“The money paid”, 1627 — Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
“The Hurdy-gurdy Player”, 1640s — Musée Charles-Friry
“Old Man”, 1618 — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
“Old Woman”, 1618 — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
“Jacob”, 1637 — Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
“Saint Jude the Apostle”, 1624–1650 — Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
“Saint Philip”, 1625 — Chrysler Museum of Art
“The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs”, 1630s — Kimbell Art Museum
“Diogenes”, 1620 — Cook collection
“The Image of Saint Alexis” — National Gallery of Ireland
“Saint Anne with the Infant Jesus”, 1647 — Art Gallery of Ontario

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