Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter.
The Dream of Saint Joseph, c. 1630
Joseph the Carpenter, c. 1642
The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c. 1635
The Repentant Magdalen, c. 1640
The Penitent Magdalen, c. 1640
Smoker, 1646
The Education of the Virgin, c. 1650
The Newborn (The Nativity), c. 1645
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