Magdalene with the Smoking Flame

La Tour shows the penitent Magdalene contemplating a skull by a single candle, the flame the painting's only drama. His hushed nocturnes turn faith into pure light.

Magdalene with the Smoking Flame

Georges de La Tour

  • Datec. 1640
  • MovementBaroque
  • WhereLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  • RegionUnited States