The fortune teller by George de La Tour

It was in the 1630s that the French painter George de La Tour made The Divine , an oil painting that takes up the theme of Caravaggio’s work :  The Fortune Telling .

It represents several characters in a 17th century scene: a gypsy woman predicting the future of a young man and three young women who take the opportunity to steal what he has in his pockets.

This painting is considered to be the masterpiece of its author and it is easy to understand why, right?

Visit to the museum: The Consecration of Napoleon

Jacques-Louis David is a French painter who may be familiar to you as he was very active during the 18th and 19th centuries.

His painting The Consecration of Napoleon is an obligatory stop on a visit to the Louvre: this monumental oil on canvas is one of the most important pieces in the museum’s collection, depicting the coronation of Emperor Napoleon and Empress Josephine.

The artist has also made other works that surely sound like:

• Patroclus’s funeral in 1778
• The death of Socrates in 1787
• The death of Marat in 1793
• The Sabines from 1796 to 1799
• Portrait of Madame Récamier in 1800
• Bonaparte crossing the Great Saint Bernard from 1800 to 1803
• Leonidas at Thermopylae from 1800 to 1814

His magnificent paintings are kept in various museums around the world, such as the Louvre or the MET.