Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Leprince (Metz 1734-1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Leprince (Metz 1734-1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)

The Fortune Teller

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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Leprince (Metz 1734-1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
The Fortune Teller
with signature and date 'F. Boucher 1757' (lower left)
oil on canvas
56¾ x 36½ in. (144.1 x 92.7 cm.)

Lot Essay

Although bearing a false attribution to Boucher, this painting relates to a tapestry designed by Jean-Baptiste Leprince for the Beauvais tapestry manufactory. It's scale, facture and fragmentary state, and the fact that it seems to have been cut into strips and reassembled, suggest that it may have been used as a cartoon in the tapestry's production.

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