Georges de la Tour

Literature

Pierre Rosenberg, Only in America, Milano, 2006, pp. 98-99

Provenance

?Jean-Baptiste de Bretagne, Paris, until died 1650
?(last) marquis de Scépeaux, château de Moulin Vieux, Asnières sur Vègre, Sarthe, until 1802, the entire château sold or given "fully furnished" to the Lemonnier de Lorière family
Édouard Lemonnier de Lorière, château de Moulin Vieux, Asnières sur Vègre, Sarthe, until died 1879
his daughter, Mme de Gastines, château de la Denisière, near Coulans, Sarthe, until 1921
her son, Général de Gastines, La Vagotière, Degré, Sarthe, 1921–died 1948
the heirs of Général de Gastines, 1948–49, sold to Wildenstein
with Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1949–60, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 60.30

Other works by Georges de La Tour

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player
17th century

Peasants eating

Christ with St. Joseph in the Carpenter's Shop
c. 1642

Magdalene with the Night-light or The Penitent Magdalene
c. 1640

The Cheat
1633-39