... is the only source of illumination in the painting. The result is a fantastically intense painting that invites you in to gaze in the flame with Mary. Georges de La Tour is one of the most important exponents of the French Baroque, and is famous for painting mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by ... , and the flame are organized in a circular composition, which is brightly illuminated by the light. The eye is drawn in a diagonal over the line of Mary's form, which recedes into the space, and then through her gaze, onto the intense flame, which for me forms the focal point of the ima...

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