Color Plates
1 Georges de La Tour, The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c. 1628–1630; or The Hurdy-Gurdy Man, oil on canvas, 162 × 105 cm, c. 1631–1636, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY.
2 Georges de La Tour, St. Jerome, oil on canvas, 157 × 100 cm, c. 1628–1630, Musée de Grenoble; or Penitence of St. Jerome (also called St. Jerome with Halo). Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
3 Georges de La Tour, St. Jerome or The Penitent St. Jerome, oil on canvas, 152 × 109 cm, c. 1630–1632, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Photo: Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum CC BY SA.
4 Georges de La Tour, The Magdalene at the Mirror, c. 1635; or The Repentant Magdalen, oil on canvas, 113 × 92.7 cm, c. 1640; National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
5 Georges de La Tour, The Magdalene with Two Flames, c. 1640–1644; or The Penitent Magdalene, oil on canvas, 133.4 × 102.2 cm, c. 1640, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
6 Georges de La Tour, The Magdalene with the Smoking Flame, oil on canvas, 118 × 90 cm, c. 1636–1638, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation. http://collections.lacma.org/node/238963. Signed lower right: G Dela Tour.
7 Georges de La Tour, The Repentant Magdalene or Penitent Magdalen, also known as The Repentant Magdalen with the Night-Light, oil on canvas, 128 × 94 cm, c. 1640, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
8 Detail of still life from Georges de La Tour, The Repentant Magdalene or Penitent Magdalen, also known as The Repentant Magdalen with the Night-Light, oil on canvas, 128 × 94 cm, c. 1640, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
9 Georges de La Tour, St. Peter Repentant, also known as The Tears of St. Peter, oil on canvas, 114 × 95 cm, 1645, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1951. Signed upper right and dated: Georg de la Tour inve et pinx (?) / 1645.
10 Georges de La Tour, The Denial of St. Peter or St. Peter’s Denial of Christ, oil on canvas, 120 × 160 cm, 1650, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY. Signed and dated: G. de la Tour in et fec MDCL / 1650.
11 Georges de La Tour, The Dice Players, oil on canvas, 92.2 × 130.5 cm, c. 1650, Preston Hall Museum, Stockton-on-Tees. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY. Signed on the left of the board of the table: George De La Tour Invet et Pinx.
12 Georges de La Tour, The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs, c. 1630–1634, oil on canvas, 97.8 × 156.2 cm, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. AP 1981.06.
13 Georges de La Tour, The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, c. 1630–1634; or The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds (Cardsharp), oil on canvas, 106 × 146 cm, 1635, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Gérard Blot / © RMN–Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Signed lower left: Georges de la Tour fecit.
14 Georges de La Tour, The Fortune Teller, oil on canvas, 101.9 × 123.5 cm, c. 1630–1634, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1960. Signed upper right: G. De La Tour Fecit Lunevillae Lothar.
15 Georges de La Tour, St. Jerome Reading, c. 1624; or St. Jerome, oil on canvas, 63.8 × 47.2 cm, c. 1621–1623, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015.
16 Attributed to Georges de La Tour or his son Étienne de La Tour, The Education of the Virgin, oil on canvas, 83.8 × 100.3 cm, c. 1650, The Frick Collection, New York. © The Frick Collection. Signed: de la Tour f.
17 Georges de La Tour, The Dream of St. Joseph or St. Joseph’s Dream, oil on canvas, 93 × 81 cm, c. 1635–1640, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY. Signed: G. De La Tour.
18 Georges de La Tour, The Discovery of St. Alexis or The Discovery of the Body of St. Alexis, oil on canvas, 158 × 115 cm, c. 1645–1648, Musée historique lorrain, Nancy. René-Gabriel Ojéda / © RMN–Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY.
19 Georges de La Tour, The Flea Catcher, oil on canvas, 120 × 90 cm, c. 1630–1634, Musée historique lorrain, Nancy. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY.
20 Georges de La Tour, Boy Blowing on a Charcoal Stick, c. 1638–1642; or Boy Blowing on a Lamp, oil on canvas, 61 × 51 cm, c. 1640, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon. Philipp Bernard / © RMN–Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Signed top right: De La Tour f.
21 Georges de La Tour, A Girl Blowing on a Brazier, oil on canvas, 67 × 55cm, c. 1645, Private Collection, United States. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY. Signed.
22 Georges de La Tour, The Newborn Child, oil on canvas, 76 × 91 cm, c. 1645, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
23 Georges de La Tour, The Adoration of the Shepherds, oil on canvas, 107 × 137 cm, c. 1645, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
24 Georges de La Tour, St. Sebastian Tended by Irene, oil on canvas, 167 × 131 cm, c. 1649, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
25 Georges de La Tour, St. Sebastian Tended by Irene, oil on canvas, 162.6 × 128.8 cm, c. 1649–1650, Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.
Figures
1 Detail of a fly from Georges de La Tour, The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c. 1628–1630; or The Hurdy-Gurdy Man, oil on canvas, 162 × 105 cm, c. 1631–1636, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY. 18
2 Detail of a book from Georges de La Tour, St. Jerome, or Penitence of St. Jerome (also called St. Jerome with Halo), oil on canvas, 157 × 100 cm, c. 1628–1630, Musée de Grenoble; Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY. 48
3 Detail of a pointing hand from Georges de La Tour, The Dream of St. Joseph or St. Joseph’s Dream, oil on canvas, 93 × 81 cm, c. 1635–1640, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY. 61
4 Detail of hands from Georges de La Tour, The Flea Catcher, oil on canvas, 121 × 89 cm, c. 1630–1634, Musée historique lorrain, Nancy. Gianni Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY. 70