{"id":534,"date":"2021-05-11T17:43:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg"},"modified":"2021-05-28T19:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:27:55","slug":"the-fortune-teller-3","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/the-fortune-teller-3\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>The Fortune Teller<\/em>"},"author":9137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2-300x247.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" style=\"width:100%;height:82.19%;max-width:730px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Fortune Teller<\/em> appeared in the middle of the 20th century after a French man found it in his uncle\u2019s castle. The painting was purchased by Georges Wildenstein in 1949 for 7.5 million francs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art later acquired it in 1960. Although the <em>The Fortune Teller<\/em> has been claimed to be a work of forgery (Christopher Wright still questions its authenticity), today, it is generally accepted as a La Tour. <\/p>\n<p><em>By Alyssa Kent<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n\u201cThe Mystery of \u2018The Fortune Teller\u2019 by Georges de la Tour.\u201d <em>ArtLark<\/em> (13 March 2021).<a href=\"https:\/\/artlark.org\/2021\/03\/13\/the-mystery-of-the-fortune-teller-by-georges-de-la-tour\/\">https:\/\/artlark.org\/2021\/03\/13\/the-mystery-of-the-fortune-teller-by-georges-de-la-tour\/<\/a> [accessed 11 May 2021].<\/p>\n<p>Wright, Christopher and Diana de Marly. \u201cFake?\u201d <em>Connoisseur<\/em> 205.823 (September 1980): 22\u201325. <\/p>\n<p>Wright, Christopher. \u201cCheat? <em>Connoisseur<\/em> 205.826 (December 1980): 230\u201331. <\/p>\n<p>Wright, Christopher. <em>The Art of the Forger<\/em>. New York: Dodd, Mead, &#038; Co., 1985.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Georges La Tour, or unknown forger, <em>The Fortune Teller<\/em>, 1630. Oil on canvas. New York: Metropolitan Museum. <\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":730,"height":600,"file":"2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"The-Fortune-Teller-1-2-300x247.jpg","width":300,"height":247,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2-300x247.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"The-Fortune-Teller-1-2-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2-150x150.jpg"},"full":{"file":"The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg","width":730,"height":600,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/The-Fortune-Teller-1-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}]}}