The Fortune Teller (Bohemiene disant la bonne avanture)

Benoît Audran II French

After Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) Italian

ca. 1729

Not on view

After the painting by Caravaggio (ca. 1595) in the Louvre.

Artwork Details

Title: The Fortune Teller (Bohemiene disant la bonne avanture)
Artist: Benoît Audran II (French, Paris 1698–1772 Paris)
Artist: After Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571–1610 Porto Ercole)
Date: ca. 1729
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 5/8 × 12 1/16 in. (24.5 × 30.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.4607
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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