The Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris opens a new exhibition, "Georges de La Tour: From Shadow to Light," running from 11 September 2025 to 25 January 2026. This is the first Paris show dedicated to the 17th-century French painter in nearly 30 years, featuring about 20 original works and a dozen studio pieces. The exhibition explores La Tour's working practice and his influence from Caravaggio, highlighting how his oeuvre—now counted at only 48 known works—was rediscovered after centuries of misattribution, thanks largely to German art historian Hermann Voss in 1915.
The exhibition matters because it sheds new light on an artist who was once a victim of academic amnesia, with his works misattributed to Dutch and Spanish masters. By focusing on La Tour's studio practices and his "quasi-commercial strategy," the show offers fresh insights into his career and the enduring human connection his dramatic, candlelit scenes foster with modern audiences. It also underscores the broader art historical narrative of rediscovery, linking La Tour to other late-recovered masters like Caravaggio and Vermeer.