GIOVANNI DOMENICO LOMBARDI | THE FORTUNE TELLER

Lombardi treated this subject on several further occasions: most notable amongst these in relation to the present lot is the canvas in the Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca which lacks the pickpocket to the left but which arranges the other three characters in an almost identical vein; the rightmost figure, for example, makes the same hand gesture, while the fortune teller sits a little more upright and the rich young lady leans further to her left.

The attribution to Lombardi has been endorsed by both Dott. Francesco Porzio and Dott.ssa Mina Gregori.