The Fortune Teller

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The Fortune Teller

Alternate Title: La Bonne Aventure
France, 1731
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 28 1/2 × 36 in. (72.39 × 91.44 cm) Frame: 38 1/2 × 47 × 4 in. (97.79 × 119.38 × 10.16 cm)
Purchased with Funds provided by William Randolph Hearst Collection, Mr. and Mrs Jo Swerling, Marion Davies Collection, the Paul Rodman Mabury Collection, H.E. Ten Cate, Estate of Anita M. Baldwin, Los Angeles County Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Erlanger, Dr. Ernest Schwarz, Charles H. Quinn Bequest, Mira T. Hershey Memorial Collection, J.B. Koepfli, Jacob M. Heimann, Anne and Amy Putnam, C.J. McGrath, Louisa S. Janvier, Dr. Hans Schaeffer, Arnold S. Kirkeby, Dr. Armand Hammer, Dr and Mrs. Miklos Rosza, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Kalmus, Mrs. L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Salzer, and the Frances and Armand Hammer Purchase Fund by exchange (82.8)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.