TY - JOUR T1 - La Tour’s hypovitaminosis in the peasants’ swollen eyelids and deformed nails JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 618 LP - 618 DO - 10.3399/bjgp16X688165 VL - 66 IS - 653 AU - Victor Asensi AU - Joshua Fierer Y1 - 2016/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/66/653/618.abstract N2 - Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a French Baroque caravaggist painter and native of the Vic-sur-Seille region near Metz, France (technically part of the Holy Roman Empire, but ruled by France since 1552), and then belonging to the Duchy of Lorraine, is famous for his paintings of blind people.The causes for eye disorders in his works are diverse, from presbyopia, myopia, cataracts, and strabismus, to eye complications resulting from Parkinson’s disease.1,2 This chiaroscuro master suddenly changed his early painting style from bright, common-life scenes to dark, candle-lit religious compositions. He may have developed eye problems himself,1 although no portraits of him have reached … ER -