Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater
The Fortune Teller1731

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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.
Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.