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The Fortune Teller by Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour: The Fortune Teller  wikidata:Q379906 reasonator:Q379906
Artist
Georges de La Tour  (1593–1652)  wikidata:Q203371 q:it:Georges de La Tour
 
Georges de La Tour
Alternative names
Georges de Latour
Georges du Mesnil Latour
Georges Dumesnil Latour
Description French painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 13 March 1593 Edit this at Wikidata 30 January 1652 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vic-sur-Seille Edit this at Wikidata Lunéville Edit this at Wikidata
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Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q203371
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Title
French:
La Diseuse de bonne aventure

The Fortune Teller
title QS:P1476,fr:"La Diseuse de bonne aventure"
label QS:Lfr,"La Diseuse de bonne aventure"
label QS:Len,"The Fortune Teller"
Deutsch: Das gute Schicksal
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date Probably 1630s
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 101.9 cm (40.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 123.5 cm (48.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+101.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+123.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Accession number
Place of creation Lunéville Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Provenance

- ?Jean-Baptiste de Bretagne, Paris (until d. 1650; posthumous inventory, 1650, no. 14, "grand tableau peint sur thoille avecq la platte bande dorée représentant des diseuses de bonneaventure, original de La Tour," valued at 30 Livres [this painting was given one of the highest valuations in Bretagne's inventory, which included five paintings by La Tour])
- ?(last) marquis de Scépeaux, château de Moulin Vieux, Asnières sur Vègre, Sarthe (until 1802; the entire château [very possibly including La Tour's "Fortune Teller"] was sold or given "fully furnished" to the Lemonnier de Lorière family)
- Édouard Lemonnier de Lorière, château de Moulin Vieux, Asnières sur Vègre, Sarthe (until d. 1879; inventory 1879, "un grand tableau signé G. de La Tour, représentant la Bonaventure, prisé deux cent cinquante francs")
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- his daughter, Mme de Gastines, château de la Denisière, near Coulans, Sarthe (until 1921)
- her son, Général de Gastines, La Vagotière, Degré, Sarthe (1921–d. 1948)
- the heirs of Général de Gastines (1948–49; sold to Wildenstein for Fr 7,500,000)
- [Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1949–60; sold to MMA]

Exhibition history
Exhibition history

- New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Splendid Century, French Art: 1600–1715," March 8–April 30, 1961, suppl. no. 168.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 16–November 1, 1970, unnumbered cat. (p. 63).
- Paris. Orangerie des Tuileries. "Georges de La Tour," May 10–September 25, 1972, no. 12.
- Moscow. State Pushkin Museum. "100 Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum," August 28–November 2, 1975, no. 47.
- Paris. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais. "La Peinture française du XVIIe siècle dans les collections américaines," January 29–April 26, 1982, no. 39.
- New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-century French Paintings in American Collections," May 26–August 22, 1982, no. 39.
- Art Institute of Chicago. "France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-century French Paintings in American Collections," September 18–November 28, 1982, no. 39.
- Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum. "Georges de La Tour bei der Wahrsagerin," January 28–May 24, 1987, unnumbered cat.
- Washington. National Gallery of Art. "Georges de La Tour and his World," October 6, 1996–January 5, 1997, no. 18.
- Fort Worth, Tex. Kimbell Art Museum. "Georges de La Tour and his World," February 2–May 11, 1997, no. 17.
- Paris. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais. "Georges de La Tour," October 3, 1997–January 26, 1998, no. 27.
- Paris. Grand Palais. "Bohèmes: de Léonard de Vinci à Picasso," September 26, 2012–January 14, 2013, no. 13.
- Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado. "Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)," February 23–June 12, 2016, no. 18.

Credit line Rogers Fund, 1960
Inscriptions

Signature top right:

G. de La Tour Fecit Luneuilla Lothar: (Lunéville Lorraine); (on young man's watch chain) AMOR (love) FIDES (faith)
Notes

Genre works

label QS:Lit,"Pittura di genere"
label QS:Lhu,"Életkép"
label QS:Lhr,"Žanr-scena"
label QS:Lca,"Pintura de gènere"
label QS:Lde,"Genremalerei"
label QS:Lpt,"Pintura de gênero"
label QS:Llv,"Sadzīves žanrs"
label QS:Lbg,"Битова живопис"
label QS:Lda,"Genrebillede"
label QS:Ltr,"Tür resmi"
label QS:Lja,"風俗画"
label QS:Les,"Escena de género"
label QS:Lno,"Sjangermaleri"
label QS:Lpl,"Malarstwo rodzajowe"
label QS:Lth,"ภาพชีวิตประจำวัน"
label QS:Lnl,"Genrestuk"
label QS:Lsv,"Genremåleri"
label QS:Lru,"Жанровая живопись"
label QS:Lfi,"Laatukuva"
label QS:Len,"Genre works"
label QS:Lfr,"Scène de genre"
label QS:Lcs,"Žánrová malba"
label QS:Lmk,"Битово сликарство"
References metmuseum.org/toah
metmuseum.org/art
Other versions
<nowiki>La buona ventura; 女占い師; A jövendőmondó; العراف (لوحه); L'Endevinaira; La buenaventura; Гадалка; 算命者; Die Wahrsagerin; A advinha; The Fortune Teller; العرّافة; Věštkyně; La Diseuse de bonne aventure; dipinto di Georges de La Tour; Georges de La Tour festménye; pintura de Georges de La Tour; quadre de Georges de La Tour; Gemälde von Georges de La Tour; pintura de Georges de La Tour; painting by Georges de La Tour; maleri af Georges de La Tour; pictură de Georges de La Tour; ジョルジュ・ド・ラ・トゥールの油彩画; tableau de Georges de La Tour; obraz Georges de La Tour; målning av Georges de La Tour; måleri av Georges de La Tour; pintura de Georges de La Tour; schilderij van Georges de La Tour; maleri av Georges de la Tour; pikturo da Georges de La Tour; painting by Georges de La Tour; cuadro de Georges de La Tour; pintura de Georges de La Tour; pentraĵo de Georges de La Tour; obraz Georgese de la Tour; pintura di Georges de La Tour</nowiki>
The Fortune Teller 
painting by Georges de La Tour
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Depictsfortune teller, woman and man
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LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York
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  • 1630
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  • 123.5 cm
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  • 101.9 cm
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Wikidata Q379906
BabelNet ID: 16551030n
The Met object ID: 436838
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