Georges de La Tour | |
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Born | Vic-sur-Seille, Duchy of Lorraine | 13 March 1593
Died | 30 January 1652 Lunéville, Duchy of Lorraine | (aged 58)
Notable work | The Fortune Teller Joseph the Carpenter Magdalene at a Mirror The Card Sharp with the Ace of Diamonds |
Movement | Baroque |
Patron(s) | Henry II, Duke of Lorraine |
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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. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight.