Olga's Gallery
Georges de La Tour
(1593-1652)
Biography
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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. Read Georges de La Tour's Full Biography
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St James the Minor. c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note. 
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St James the Minor. Detail. c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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St. Jude Thaddaeus. c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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St. Philippe. c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA. Read Note.
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St. Thomas. c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Ishizuka Tokyo Collection, Tokyo, Japan. Read Note.
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St. Andrew. c.1615-1620. Oil on canvas. Private collection. Read Note.
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Le Christ Bénissant. c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France.
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St. Peter. c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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St. Paul. c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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St. James the Greater. c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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St. Simon. c.1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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St. Matthew. c. 1615-1620. Copy of the lost original. Oil on canvas. Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France. Read Note.
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The Quarrel of the Musicians. c.1615. Oil on canvas. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA.
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The Quarrel of the Musicians. Detail. c.1615. Oil on canvas. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA.
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The Quarrel of the Musicians. Detail. c.1615. Detail. c. 1615. Oil on canvas. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA.
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The Card-Sharp with the Ace of Clubs. c.1620-1640. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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The Card-Sharp with the Ace of Clubs. Detail. c.1620-1640. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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Hurdy-Gurdy Player. c. 1620-1630. Also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with Hat. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France.
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The Porridge Eaters. c.1622-25. Oil on canvas. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
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Hurdy-Gurdy Player. c. 1622-25. Also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with a Dog. Oil on canvas. Musée Municipal, Bergues, France.
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Hurdy-Gurdy Player. Detail. c.1622-25. Also called Hurdy-Gurdy Player with a Dog. Oil on canvas. Musée Municipal, Bergues, France.
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Money Paid. c. 1625-27. Also called The Money-lender and The Payment of Taxes. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Lviv, Ukraine.
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Paid Money. Detail. c. 1625-27. Also called The Money-lender and The Payment of Taxes. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Lviv, Ukraine.
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The Old Man. c.1625-27. Oil on canvas. The Fine Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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The Old Woman. c.1625-27. Oil on canvas. The Fine Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Repenting of St. Jerome. 1628-30. Oil on canvas. Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France. Read Note.
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