The Repentant Magdalen
Georges de La Tour
c. 1635/1640
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 113 × 92.7 cm (44 1/2 × 36 1/2 in.) framed: 142.24 × 124.46 × 10.8 cm (56 × 49 × 4 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.52.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Georges de La Tour · 1593–1652
Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) was a French Baroque painter born in Vic-sur-Seille in the Duchy of Lorraine. Baptism records confirm he was the son of baker Jean de La Tour and Sybille Molian, one of seven children. In 1617 he married Diane Le Nerf, from a minor noble family, and by 1620 he had established his studio in her hometown of Lunéville, where he remained for most of his career. He achiev...