The Stopping Place: The Fortune Teller
1623
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Jacques Callot
Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Stopping Place: The Fortune Teller is a 1623 by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a fortune teller with people around her. She's reading someone's palm. The fortune teller is the main focus, but what's interesting is the crowd, which seems to be from a lower social class, adding a layer of realism to the scene. You can learn more about the artist who created this scene by looking up Jacques Callot.
Jacques Callot, a masterful draftsman, spent the greater part of his life at the ducal courts of Tuscany and Lorraine, where he produced prints to record festivals and theatrical performances. He also executed religious subjects and scenes reflecting many aspects of daily life including war, pervasive in 17th-century Europe. When returning to France from Italy, Callot probably saw bands of rootless men, women, and children-a common sight-which became the subject of The Bohemians. He conceived of these four prints as a long frieze; the lines in each of the sheets extend into the sheet that…
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Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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