About the Artwork
The Fortune Teller
1814
Jean Alexander Allais
1792-1850
French
Unknown
Pen and black ink over pencil with gray wash and white gouache on tan wove paper
Sheet: 19 × 14 5/8 inches (48.3 × 37.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1SDR7
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on sheet, in pen and brown ink, lower left: Peintr par Mme Benoir Inscribed, lower center: 1814 Inscribed, lower right: Dessiné par J.A. Allais Inscribed, in graphite, center, verso: J Z y (?) D I R
Stamped, in purple ink, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt supplement no. 2020)
Provenance
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jean Alexander Allais, The Fortune Teller, 1814, pen and black ink over pencil with gray wash and white gouache on tan wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR7.
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