Georges de La Tour
French · 1593–1652 · Painter, Printmaker
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.… (Wikipedia)
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A Girl Blowing on a Brazier (La Fillette au braisier)Lempertz · €4,340,000≈ $5,257,476≈ £3,955,666Sign up to see
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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.
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Baroque
Also known as Claude du Menil de La Tour, de la Tour, Dumesnil La Tour, g. de la tour, Georges de Latour, Georges du Mesnil de La Tour, Georges Du Mesnil La Tour, Georges Dumesnil La Tour and 2 other name forms
Works in museum collections
Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Paintings of the Louvre
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Georges de La Tour, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Paintings of the Louvre
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
Nantes Museum of Arts ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nantes Museum of Arts
Musée Lorrain ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée Lorrain
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund — Open Access (CC0)
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.