The Fortune Teller (Poynter)
| The Fortune Teller | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Edward Poynter |
| Year | 1877 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 62.2 cm × 76.5 cm (24.5 in × 30.1 in) |
| Location | Royal Academy, London |
The Fortune Teller is an oil on canvas historical genre painting by the British artist Edward Poynter, from 1877. It is held at the Royal Academy, in London.[1][2]
It depicts a scene in an Ancient Greek bathouse, where an aristocratic woman, who appears naked, consults a fortune teller with a crystal ball. Another woman watches the scene.
Poynter presented the painting to the Royal Academy of Arts at his diploma work.[3] He later served as President of the Royal Academy from 1896 to 1918.[4]
References
- ^ Wright & Gordon p.649
- ^ Bury p.230
- ^ Royal Academy
- ^ Hartley p.150
Bibliography
- Bury, Stephen (ed.) Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Volume 1. OUP, 2012.
- Hartley, Lucy. Democratising Beauty in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Art and the Politics of Public Life. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Wright, Christopher, Gordon, Catherine May & Smith, Mary Peskett. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press, 2006.