St Joseph the Carpenter was made by Georges De La Tour made between 1632 and 1634. This was a classical painting, measuring 137 x 101 cm, which is now preserved in Le Louvre Museum in Paris. St Joseph the Carpenter was one of the masterpieces in La Tour’s artistic mature period, which was called the masterpiece in 17th century.

From the middle of the 17th century, the people who were against religious reformation extremely worshiped Joseph and positioned Jesus’s secular father in the second only following the virgin Maria. La Tour painted Joseph with a strong body, which was very exact. He bent over and big hands tightly held the tools. His muscles bulged and beads of perspiration

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