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This painting is an example of the elegant genre scenes for which Longhi is best known and relates to other works depicting charlatans painted in the 1750s. Set in Venice under the arcades of the Doge's Palace, a masked couple is approached by a street seller, while behind them people gather round a stage to watch a fortune teller.
The Fortune Teller shares some similarities with other paintings by Longhi that explore the same subject and related themes such as quack doctors and tooth-pullers, all located in comparable settings under the arcades of the Doge's Palace.
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