The Fortune-Teller, probably 1630s, Oil on canvas, 40 1/8 x 48 5/8 in. (101.9 x 123.5 cm), Paintings, Georges de La Tour (French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593–1653 Lunéville), While an old gypsy crone tells his fortune, a naive youth is robbed by her accomplices, a subject popular among Caravaggesque painters throughout Europe in the seventeenth century. La Tour’s painting can be interpreted as a genre or theatrical scene, or as an allusion to the parable of the prodigal son
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Fortune-Teller, 1630s, Oil, canvas, 40 1/8 x 48 5/8, 101.9 123.5 cm, Paintings, Georges de La Tour, French, Vic-sur-Seille, 1593–1653, Lunéville, old gypsy crone, tells, fortune, naive youth, robbed, accomplices, subject popular, Caravaggesque painters, Europe, seventeenth century, La, painting, interpreted, genre, theatrical scene, allusion, parable, prodigal son
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