# The Gypsy Fortune Teller [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SPADA, Lionello]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 211 x 158 cm ## Commentary In this painting the emphasis falls on the ludicrously foppish gull, his dress so extravagant, and his exaggerated stance based on the contrapposto of classical sculpture, while the majestic gypsy was perhaps inspired by the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/cordier/gypsy.html'\)" HREF="/html/c/cordier/gypsy.html">Borghese Zingarella.</A> It can be noted that Spada's language figuratively embraces Caravaggio's, but is stylistically closer to the "academic" vision of the Carracci. ## Related artworks - [Aeneas and Anchises]() - [Martyrdom of St Peter]() - [St Jerome]() - [The Concert]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()