The ''Albi Apostles'' was a c.1620 set of thirteen oil-on-canvas paintings of Christ and his apostles by

Georges de La Tour Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chia ...

. Around 1690 they were bought by Jean-Baptiste Nualard, a canon of

Albi Cathedral The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Cecilia ( French: ''Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi''), also known as Albi Cathedral, is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Albi. First built in the aftermath of the Albigensian Crusade, the grim ...

, for one of the cathedral's chapels. However, they were split up after 1795 and only five of the works survive, two at the

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec The Musée Toulouse-Lautrec is an art museum in Albi, southern France, dedicated mainly to the work of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec who was born in Albi. The 13th century building was originally the Bishop's Palace of Albi Cathedral, nex ...

(with copies of the lost paintings), two more in private collections and one at the

Chrysler Museum of Art The Chrysler Museum of Art is an art museum on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. In 1971, automotive heir, Walter P. Chrysler Jr. ...

. Pierre Rosenberg, Marina Mojana, ''Georges de La Tour, catalogue complet des peintures'', Paris, Bordas 1992 (Albi) Musée Toulouse-Lautrec Niveau1 - La série des apôtres d'Albi .jpg, Albi - Musée Toulouse-Lautrec Georges de La Tour - St. Thomas - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Thomas'' (Albi) Saint Jacques le Mineur 1620 - Georges de La Tour Inv.169.jpg, ''Saint James the Less'' (Albi) Saint Jude Thaddée 1620 - Georges de La Tour Inv.166.jpg, ''Saint Jude'' Georges de La Tour 053.jpg, ''Saint Philip'' Georges de La Tour Saint Andre collection privee.JPG, ''Saint Andrew''

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