A Fortune-Teller

A Fortune-Teller is a 1777 genre painting by the British artist Joshua Reynolds. ^[1] It presents a gipsy fortune teller reading the palm of a woman with a young girl perched on her lap. Reynolds, the first President of the Royal Academy was well-known for his portraits but increasingly branched out into other genres including history. With this painting he may have been making reference to a work of Caravaggio It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1777 at Pall Mall. Today the original is at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. ^[2] Other versions of the work exist, notably a 1781 painting now in the collection of Kenwood House in Highgate. ^[3]

A Fortune-Teller
Artist	Joshua Reynolds
Year	1777
Type	Oil on canvas, genre painting
Dimensions	124.5 cm × 147.5 cm (49.0 in × 58.1 in)
Location	Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire