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             He was one of the greatest painters in the Baroque Era in my opinion. Both the man and woman look like they are very wealthy. He is wearing a velvet shirt that is lined with white ruffles. He has a on a black velvet hat that has a black and white feather sticking out of it. His cape is swung around his right shoulder. He is also wearing two gold chains around his neck. He is wearing on glove while his other hand is being examined by the fortune-teller. In the hand that has the one glove on, he is holding onto the other. He is probably high middle class because of his sword and gloves.
             The man looks so wealthy and of elegance as to the woman, the fortune-teller isn't as rich. She is wearing a white blouse and the sleeves round out. On top of the blouse is some sort of cape that is wrapped around her body. Her hand gentle touches his palm and begins to slid off his ring. .
             The fortune-teller unobtrusively - a gesture hardly noticeable nowadays. She slips his ring off his finger. The young man, so intensely curious about his future, is oblivious to the theft of his money by the fortune-tellers accomplice. The fortune-teller herself, so eager to captivate the young mans attention. It is perhaps less a moral lesson that is given here than a matter-of-fact pessimistic description of human relationships. Caravaggio uses dark tonalities with light ones to give the scene a sense of a seedy locale, while the life-size scale of the figures makes them part of our world and allows us to participate in their drama. .
             The narrative within its painted structure is amazing. In this works, a young man of evident wealth is depicted visiting a fortune-teller. While having his palm read, all of the gold and money upon his person is stolen. However, subtle shifts in Caravaggio's techniques and images cause slightly different shifts in the viewer's sympathy for the young man's plight and the viewer's feelings towards the thieving fortuneteller.


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