Tag: La Tour

La Diseuse de bonne aventure (probably 1630s)

La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) La Diseuse de bonne aventure (The Fortune-Teller) probably 1630s Oil on canvas, 101.9 x 123.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Darting eyes and busy hands create a captivating narrative between otherwise staid figures, each…

La Madeleine aux deux flammes (c.1640)

La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) La Madeleine aux deux flammes (The Penitent Magdalen with two flames) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 133.4 x 102.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With its extreme contrasts of candlelight and shadow, pared-down geometry, and meditative…

La Madeleine au miroir (c.1635-1640)

La Tour, Georges de (1593-1652) La Madeleine au miroir, La Madeleine pénitente (Magdalene at a Mirror, The Repentant Magdalen) c.1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 113 × 92.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington According to the tenets of the 17th–century Catholic church, Mary…

Georges de La Tour

(1593–1652) The artist’s works: La Diseuse de bonne aventure probably 1630s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York La Madeleine au miroir c.1635–1640 National Gallery of Art, Washington La Madeleine aux deux flammes c.1640 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born March 13 1593 Vic-sur-Seille…

National Gallery of Art

Established: 1937 Location: National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20565 Website: https://www.nga.gov/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…