*Image: The Newborn (Le Nouveau-Né) by Georges de La Tour, 1645 [Museum of Fine Arts Rennes, France]. For several centuries, the painting was misattributed both in terms of the artist and the subject, which was considered a simple domestic scene. Today, however, scholars believe La Tour’s painting depicts St. Anne, the Blessed Virgin, and the newborn Christ Child.
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