The Anti-Caravaggio of the Baroque Era

Georges de La Tour incorporated chiaroscuro into austere genre compositions, lending them a uniquely intimate and spiritual quality.

The Anti-Caravaggio of the Baroque Era
Georges de La Tour, "The New-born" (c. 1645), oil on canvas (photo courtesy the Musée Jacquemart-André; all other photos Olivia McEwan/Hyperallergic)