A Couple in an Interior with a Fortune-Teller
In this early work of about 1630–35 Duck adapts a subject found in pictures by his older Utrecht colleagues, such as Dirck van Baburen, to a scale and setting typical of Amsterdam genre painters like Pieter Codde and Willem Duyster.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Couple in an Interior with a Fortune-Teller
- Artist: Jacob Duck (Dutch, Utrecht, born ca. 1598–1600, died 1667 Utrecht)
- Date: ca. 1632–33
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: Oval, 9 7/8 x 13 in. (25.1 x 33 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Levy, 1971
- Object Number: 1971.102
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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