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LA TOUR, Georges de
Saint Jerome Reading sg
1621-23
Oil on canvas laid down on wood, 62.2 x 55 cm
Royal Collection, Hampton Court
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Quarrelling Musicians sg
1625-30
Oil on canvas, 94 x 140 cm
Private collection
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The Payment of Dues g
1630-35
Oil on canvas, 99 x 152 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Lwow
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LA TOUR, Georges de
St Jerome sv
1630-35
Oil on canvas
Mus??e de Grenoble, Grenoble
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LA TOUR, Georges de
St Thomas sg
1625-30
Oil on canvas, 69 x 61 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Cheater with the Ace of Diamond dh
1620-40
Oil on canvas, 106 x 146 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The Hurdy-gurdy Player
1631-36
Oil on canvas, 162 x 105 m
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Fortune Teller sf
1632-35
Oil on canvas, 102 x 123,5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Magdalen of Night Light f
1630-35
Oil on canvas, 128 x 94 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Magdalen with the Smoking Flame f
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 117 x 91,8 cm
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The Penitent Magdalen s
1638-43
Oil on canvas, 133,4 x 102,2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Woman Catching Fleas
1630s
Oil on canvas
Mus??e Historique, Nancy
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LA TOUR, Georges de
St Sebastien Attended by St Irene f
c. 1649
Oil on canvas, 167 x 130 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The Dream of St Joseph sf
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 93 x 81 cm
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The Dream of St Joseph (detail) f
c. 1640
Oil on canvas
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Christ in the Carpenter's Shop sg
1645
Oil on canvas, 137 x 101 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Christ in the Carpenter's Shop (detail) s
1645
Oil on canvas
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
Adoration of the Shepherds s
c. 1644
Oil on canvas, 107 x 131 cm
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The New-born sg
1640s
Oil on canvas, 76 x 91 cm
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
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LA TOUR, Georges de
The New-born (detail) saf
1640s
Oil on canvas
Mus??e des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
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French Baroque Era Painter, 1593-1652
French painter. He was well known in his lifetime, especially for his depictions of candlelit subjects, then was forgotten until the 20th century, when the identification of works previously misattributed established his reputation as a giant of French painting. His early works were painted in a realistic manner and influenced by the dramatic chiaroscuro of Caravaggio. The paintings of La Tour's maturity are marked by a startling geometric simplification of the human form and by the depiction of interior scenes lit only by the glare of candles or torches. His religious paintings done in this manner have a monumental simplicity and a stillness that expresses both contemplative quiet and wonder. Little is known of his life, and only four or five of his paintings are dated.
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