He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity, during the 20th century, he became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th-century Baroque artists.
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Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593, Vic-sur-Seille, Moselle – January 30, 1652, Lunéville) was a painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was absorbed into France between in 1641 and 1648, during his lifetime.
