Georges de la Tour (1593-1652) was born in northeastern France. Georges de la Tour would become an extremely successful master painter during his lifetime; but he was mostly forgotten after his death. The rediscovery of Georges de la Tour and his works was greatly due to the German art historian Hermann Voss, Director of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin The style of Georges de la Tour is incredibly unique in its depiction of common subject matter as well as in the design and composition of the works themselves. De la Tour devoted himself mainly to the representation of genre and religious subjects, both in day scenes as well as noctural ones. De la Tour is considered to be a follower of Caravaggio due to his dependency on specific elements of the Caravaggesque style (most notably the use of chiaroscuro and tenebristic techniques).