Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Georges de La Tour
- Date
- 1645
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76 x 91 cm
- Collection
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-1693
What the museum label doesn't tell you
The hand shielding the candle isn't just blocking the light - it turns translucent, red-lit from inside, like skin doubling as a paper lampshade. That's Georges de La Tour's signature trick in his night scenes: hide the flame, let the fingers glow, everything else falls into shadow. It works to devastating effect here - the Virgin's face gilded, the baby barely visible, the second woman half swallowed by darkness. For two centuries nobody knew who painted this: first labeled Dutch, then attributed to the Le Nain brothers, until a 1915 essay finally restored the name of a painter history had nearly erased. Would this light still feel this precise if we'd never lost the signature?
