Georges de La Tour
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Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight.
Joseph the Carpenter, 1642, Louvre.
Magdalene with Two Flames, c. 1640, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saint Jerome reading
The Musicians' Brawl, (Hurdy-gurdy group), c. 1625–1630, Getty Museum
Duchy of Lorraine
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The Duchy of Lorraine, originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France. Its capital was Nancy.
Portrait of the last Duke of Lorraine Francis Stephen on silver coin 10 paoli as he inherited Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Lorraine as it was 1618–1648