Georges de la Tour

Literature

Everett Fahy (ed.), The Wrightsman pictures, New York; New Haven, 2005, nr. 41

Provenance

private collection, bordering the Lorraine, France, by at least 1890
moved by son to the Côte d'Or in 1920, where it remained until 1963, sold to Heim
with Galerie Heim, Paris, 1963, sold to Wrightsman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1963–78

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1978.517

Other works by Georges de La Tour

The Repentant Magdalene
c. 1630-35

The Repentant Magdalen
c. 1635/40

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player
17th century

Peasants eating

The Fortune-Teller
probably 1630s