The Fortune Teller
By: Georges de la Tour
Date: c. 1630
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 101.9 cm x 123.5 cm (40 in x 48 in)
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 101.9 cm x 123.5 cm (40 in x 48 in)
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Showing off La Tour’s masterful use of chiaroscuro, this work depicts a scene of mystery and deception as a wealthy young man awaits his fortune while a cunning gypsy woman examines his palm and another is stealing the coin purse from his pocket.