Georges de La Tour · 1635
French · 1593–1652
Georges de La Tour 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. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight.
Independent artist guide by Momentable. Biography from Wikipedia; artworks credited to the museums that hold them.
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The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
Georges de La Tour · 1635
Louvre
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame
Georges de La Tour · 1642
Louvre
Joseph the Carpenter
Georges de La Tour · 1642
Louvre
The Musicians' Brawl
Georges de La Tour · 1620
The Repentant Magdalen
Georges de La Tour
National Gallery of Art
What Georges de La Tour made, and why each one is worth looking at.
The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
Georges de La Tour · 1635
Louvre
The Card Sharp with the Ace of Diamonds is an oil-on-canvas painting produced c. 1636 to 1638 by the French artist Georges de La Tour. It is now in the Louvre, which bought it in 1972.
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame
Georges de La Tour · 1642
Louvre
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (also titled in French La Madeleine à la veilleuse, and La Madeleine à la flamme filante) is a c. 1640 oil-on-canvas depiction of Mary Magdalene by French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour. Two versions of this painting exist, one in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the other in the Louvre Museum in Paris (La Madeleine a la veilleuse).
Joseph the Carpenter
Georges de La Tour · 1642
Louvre
Joseph the Carpenter is an oil painting by Georges de La Tour created circa 1642. The painting depicts a young Jesus with Saint Joseph, his earthly father. Joseph drills a piece of wood with an auger.
The Musicians' Brawl
Georges de La Tour · 1620
The Musicians' Brawl is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Georges de La Tour, produced at an unknown date between 1620 and 1630. Previously attributed to Caravaggio, the work was in Lord Trevor's collection by 1928. It was reattributed to de la Tour in 1958 by Charles Sterling and Francois-Georges Pariset and sold in 1972.
The Repentant Magdalen
Georges de La Tour
National Gallery of Art
Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (also titled in French La Madeleine à la veilleuse, and La Madeleine à la flamme filante) is a c. 1640 oil-on-canvas depiction of Mary Magdalene by French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour. Two versions of this painting exist, one in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the other in the Louvre Museum in Paris (La Madeleine a la veilleuse).
The museums that hold it, and their visitor guides.
Artists held by the same museums.

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