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Facts

Born March 19, 1593 • France
Died January 30, 1652 (aged 58) • Lunéville • France
Movement / Style Louis XIII style • tenebrism

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La Tour, Georges de: The Fortune Teller
Georges de La Tour: St. Joseph the Carpenter
Georges de La Tour: The Lamentation over St. Sebastian
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Caravaggio
Italian painter
Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco: Saint Cecilia and an Angel
Orazio Gentileschi
Italian painter
The Flute Player, oil painting by Hendrik Terbrugghen, 1621; in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel, Ger.
Hendrik Terbrugghen
Dutch painter
Baburen, Dirck van: The Procuress
Dirck van Baburen
Dutch painter
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Virginia da Vezzo, the Artist's Wife, as the Magdalen, oil on canvas by Simon Vouet, c. 1627; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 101.6 × 78.74 cm.
Simon Vouet
French painter
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Netherlandish painter
Albertinelli, Mariotto: Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist
Mariotto Albertinelli
Italian painter
Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith with Her Maidservant
Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian painter
Zurbarán, Francisco de
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish painter
Ribera, José de: Saint Paul the Hermit
José de Ribera
Spanish painter
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Sebastián López de Arteaga
Spanish-born painter
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Alonso Cano
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Francisco Ribalta: Christ Embracing St. Bernard
Francisco Ribalta
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Georges Rouault
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Bourdon, Sébastien: Bacchus Comforting the Abandoned Ariadne
Sébastien Bourdon
French painter
Charles-Antoine Coypel: Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida
Antoine Coypel
French artist
Jean Cousin, the Younger: Last Judgment
Jean Cousin, the Younger
French artist
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Maurice Denis
French artist

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