Tip: move over the painting to use the lens.
The Fortune-Teller
Georges de La Tour · probably 1630s
- Artist
- Georges de La Tour French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593–1652 Lunéville
- Date
- probably 1630s
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 40 1/8 x 48 5/8 in. (101.9 x 123.5 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rogers Fund, 1960 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
Slow Look
- The whole picture Let your eyes wander. Where do they want to rest?
- The light Find the brightest spot. What is it showing you?
- The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
- One small detail Choose one tiny thing and stay with it for a while.
- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
About Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight.
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