Nothing captures our fascination quite like fortune-telling. Throughout history, man has invented countless ways of looking into the future – playing cards, tea leaves, astrology and crystal balls.
The fortune-teller in this painting is 80-year-old Maija, who was a master
at revealing the secrets of the palm. Here, we see her clutching a knitting
needle, tracing the fate line of a young woman. As the future is revealed, the
girl silently blushes with excitement while the others giggle and whisper –
only until it is their turn.
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Walter Runeberg : Amor and Bacchus as Children Robert Wilhelm Ekman : Kreeta Haapasalo Playing the Kantele in a Peasant Cottage Ferdinand von Wright : In the Garden of Haminalahti Albert Edelfelt : Women Outside the Church at Ruokolahti Juho Rissanen : The Fortune-Teller 
Hugo Simberg Tyko Konstantin Sallinen : The Fanatics 
