LA TOUR, Georges de
(b. 1593, Vic-sur-Seille, d. 1652, Lunéville)

Christ in the Carpenter's Shop (detail)

1645
Oil on canvas
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The attention to mood is shown in the minute observation of the effects of light in certain areas, especially that of the translucency of the child's hand silhouetted against the candle, revealing even the dirt in the fingernails.