The Fortune Teller
Artist: Gerard Valck (Dutch, born 1651-1652, died 1726)
Date: about 1710-1720
Medium: mezzotint
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of The Rijksmuseum
Object number: 1955.215
Label Text:As a young woman leans against a balustrade, a shabbily dressed gypsy fortune teller reads her palm. The woman seems perhaps a little skeptical, while an amused young man places his hand on her shoulder and appears to be whispering in her ear.
This print was given to the Toledo Museum of Art by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 1955 when Toledo acquired Nicolaes Verkolje’s painting of the same subject (currently off view).
This print was given to the Toledo Museum of Art by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 1955 when Toledo acquired Nicolaes Verkolje’s painting of the same subject (currently off view).
Not on view
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