The Fortune-Teller, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1764
Jean-Baptiste Le PrinceFrench, 1734–1781

The Fortune-Teller

1764 · Print · 18.73 × 15.88 cm

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Where is “The Fortune-Teller” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
P.85.35.13

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In the life of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

The whole life
  1. 1758–1762

    Travels in Finland, Lithuania, and Siberia

    During his five years in Russia he traveled through Finland, Lithuania, and Siberia (according to some scholars, only as far as Kazan); on the empress's instructions he made sketches of "Russian types."

  2. May 1762

    Departure from Russia

    He left Russia in May 1762, visiting Livonia on the way.

  3. December 1763

    Return to Paris with Russian Drawings

    He returned to Paris in December 1763 with an extensive collection of drawings, which he used as the basis for paintings and prints on Russian themes.

  4. 1765

    The "Russian Series" at the Salon of 1765

    He presented fifteen paintings of scenes from Russian village life at the Salon of 1765, including The Russian Baptism, which earned Diderot's enthusiastic praise, and The Cradle, which he repeated many times.

All works

On view at Minneapolis Institute of Art

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