Georges de La Tour 1593-1652
San Sebastian edited by Irene.
"A work that promises to be the almost metaphysical
. The taste of learned quotations, with the Holy Christ reminiscent of Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter.
unnatural lights and shadows, reminiscent a theater. The rhythm of the painting, based on kinship and formal analogies. Each theme recalls the other, chasing, lost and found, transformed in new and different, like a Bach fugue.
The tree on the left is opposed to the pious woman's right, the rope twists to the flame.
" La Tour was a fine observer of everyday reality. With his flair for naturalism and a careful eye on the play of light and shadow, is in France one of the original followers of the school of Caravaggio
. His works are characterized by a masterly control of light sources, making it one of the salient features of this painter. Often his works are set in interiors illuminated by a simple candle. "