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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater
The Fortune Teller1731

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Oil painting, outdoor gathering of elegantly dressed figures near a stone column and trees, with a pale blue sky and open landscape in the distance

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater, The Fortune Teller, 1731, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 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, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater
France, Valenciennes, 1695-1736
Title
The Fortune Teller
Place Made
France
Date Made
1731
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
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
Accession Number
82.8
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.

Related Unframed

From the Collection: The Fortune Teller
From the Collection: The Fortune Teller
  • May 3, 2018
  • Editors