Painting #046 - Georges de La Tour

Georges de La Tour 

(French Baroque, 1593–1652)

During the 17th century, great devotion was shown to Mary Magdalen (the perfect woman of Christ) in all Catholic countries.

Magdalen with the Smoking Flame  

- Georges de La Tour

- oil on canvas (128 × 94 cm) 1640

- Louvre (Paris)

"罪孽深重的人，只要有信仰就能得救，她就是扮演着传递这种讯息的角色。骷髅头表现出地上世界的空虚无常，这幅画强烈地传达出玛利亚这种身为凡人的苦恼。"

The Repenrant Magdalen

- Georges de La Tour

- oil on canvas (64 × 48 cm) 1635

- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Joseph the Carpenter  

- Georges de La Tour

- oil on canvas (130 × 100 cm) c.1645

- Louvre (Paris)

The painting depicts a young Jesus with his earthly father Saint Joseph.

The Newborn Christ
- Georges de La Tour
- oil (76 x 91 cm) c.1648
- Museum of Fine Arts (Rennes)

Swaddling is an age-old practice of wrapping infants in blankets or similar cloths so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted. Swaddling bands were often used to further restrict the infant.

Georges de La Tour painted mostly religious chiaroscuro (light-dark) scenes lit by candlelight.

Georges de La Tour

Portrait of Louis XV of France (1710-1715-1774)
- Georges de La Tour
- pastel on gray-blue paper on canvas (60 x 54 cm) 1748
- Louvre Museum (Paris) 

Madame de Pompadour in her Study
- de La Tour
 - pastel on gray-blue paper (175 x 128 cm) 1749-55
- Louvre Museum (Paris)

The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
- de La Tour
- oil on canvas (106 x 146 cm) c.1635
- Louvre (Paris)

This rich and naive young man is in danger of indulgence in woman, wine and gambling (嫖 賭 飲); notice the hands and the eyes of the courtesan, the wine server, and the cardsharp.

Source: Wikipedia