Vic-sur-Seille

Vic-sur-Seille
Vic-sur-Seille
	Commune
	Place Jeanne d'Arc
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vic-sur-Seille
	Vic-sur-Seille Vic-sur-Seille
	Coordinates: 48°46′59″N 6°31′56″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Martini
Area 1	19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	1,295
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57712 /57630
Elevation	195–315 m (640–1,033 ft) ; (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vic-sur-Seille (German: Wich) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

People

It was the birthplace of Georges de La Tour.

Saint John the Baptist in the desert, Georges de La Tour, circa 1651.

The art museum of Vic-sur-Seille, in French Musée départemental Georges-de-La-Tour, was created in 1996. Its most famous work is Saint John the Baptist in the desert, by Georges de La Tour. Its collections include 17th century paintings by Jacques de Létin, Jacques Blanchard, Cesare Dandini, Domenichino, Meiffren Conte, Charles Le Brun, Matthieu Le Nain, Madeleine Boullogne, Jacques Stella, 18th century landscapes and paintings by Sebastiano Ricci, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Jan Frans van Bloemen, Jean-Bernard Restout, Joseph-Marie Vien, and 19th century and beginning of the 20th century paintings by Camille Corot, Paul Baudry, Eugène Isabey, Paul Delaroche, Léon Bonnat.

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