Engraving of a fortune-teller under a tree, a hooded older woman reading the palm of a young woman in a long dress, with a man at left and a seated woman at right.

Fortune-Teller, engraving by Jacques de Gheyn II

An engraved fortune-teller scene beneath a gnarled tree: an elegantly dressed young woman extends her hand while an older, hooded woman studies her palm. A man in a wide-brimmed hat stands at left, and a veiled woman sits at right, with verses printed in the lower margin.

Artist: Jacques de Gheyn, II
Date: c. 1608
Medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2496 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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