Georges de La Tour was born on March 13, 1593 in the town of Vic-upon-Seille, in Lorraine. His baptism document indicates that he was the son of Jean de La Tour, baker, and Sybille de La Tour, née Molian (or Malian). All Sybille’s parents and siblings were bakers. Jean’s father was a mason, but he, however, had chosen the profession of his wife’s relatives. Jean and Sybille had 7 children, Georges was the second one, the children grew in the wealthy surroundings of well-to-do artisans.
c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA. Read Note.
c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Ishizuka Tokyo Collection, Tokyo, Japan. Read Note.
c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Private collection. Read Note.
c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France.
c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c.1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
c.1615. Oil on canvas. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA.
c.1615. Oil on canvas. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA.
c.1615. Detail. c. 1615. Oil on canvas. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA.
c.1620-1640. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
c.1620-1640. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
c. 1620-1630. Also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with Hat. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France.
c.1622-25. Oil on canvas. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
c. 1622-25. Also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with a Dog. Oil on canvas. Musée Municipal, Bergues, France.
Georges de La Tour. by I. Nemilova. Leningrad-Moscow. 1958.
Georges de La Tour. by Yu. Zolotov. Moscow. 1979.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
Georges De La Tour and His World by Philip Conisbee (Editor), Georges Du Mesnil d La Tour. Yale Univ Pr, 1996.
Georges de la Tour by Jacques Thuillier. Flammarion, 2003.