Georges de La Tour
(French, 1593−1652)
SchoolFrench
BiographyBorn in Lorraine, Georges de La Tour had settled in Lunéville by 1620. A document of 1639 describes him as “Peintre ordinaire du Roy.” He visited Paris, and his style suggests that he may have traveled to Holland and Rome.Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
