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Les devineresses (The Fortune-Tellers)

Pierre Francois Martenasie after Jean-Baptiste Oudry

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts three individuals standing in an interior setting. The first person is a woman with fair hair styled in a bun, wearing a blue skirt with a gold belt and a red shawl. The second person is a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a brown coat over a red vest, red breeches, and blue stockings, with one gloved hand extended. The third person is an elderly woman with long gray hair, wearing a blue top and a long brown skirt. The room has a wooden chair, a ladder, an open window, a dark red carpet, and a large green drape.

Artwork Details

Date
published 1756
Medium
hand-colored etching
Dimensions
3289 × 4461 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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