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Description: | A young choirboy dressed in a Franciscan habit is depicted with his mouth slightly open, as if singing; in his left hand he holds a book and in his right, a candle which casts a glowing light. The painting is characteristic of Georges de La Tour's style. Less than fifty works by La Tour survive. Thus the arrival of this painting at the Leicester art gallery gave rise to much excitement and scholars were soon agreed that the work, which is actually based on an earlier work by Adam de Coster, belongs to La Tour's mature period. | Subjects: | figure; religion; interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: La Tour, Georges de (French painter and draftsman, 1593-1652) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8550... | Go to resource |
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