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Study for The Fortune Teller, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Hunt, William Morris 1824-1879  Search this
Medium:
Oil on paperboard
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 64.609
Date:
Ca. 1852
Notes:
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 156.
Summary:
Scene depicting a young child seated on its mother's lap, the mother turned to look the child in the eye as an elderly fortune seated opposite them reaches for the child's hand.
Topic:
Occupation--Occult--Fortune Teller  Search this
Figure group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this
Figure female--Elderly  Search this
Control number:
IAP 20490531
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_264320