Divination Collection

Fortune-telling, 1884. Artist: Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich (1839-1915)
Fortune-telling, 1884. Found in the collection of the Russian Cultural Foundation

Fortune Teller, 1839. Creator: Populus, Jean-Louis (1807-1859)
Fortune Teller, 1839. Private Collection

"November Night" in Ireland, 1871. Creator: F Wentworth
"November Night" in Ireland, 1871. '...in the south of Ireland it is usual for the country people to hold their sportive meetings not on the night before Nov

Ways of using a divining rod, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Ways of using a divining rod, between c1910 and c1915

"Allhallows Eve", designed by J.T. Lucas, 1865. Creator: Unknown
"Allhallows Eve", designed by J.T. Lucas, 1865. Engraving of a drawing. The last night of October, the vigil of All Saints Day, was believed, in Scotland especially, as Burns says

Plate 4: Psyches father consulting the oracle, from The Fable of Psyche, 1530-60

The Fortune Teller in the Kitchen. Scenes of life during the Biedermeier period. Private Collection

Oracle Bones (76 total), Shang dynasty (about 1600-1046 BC). Creator: Unknown
Oracle Bones (76 total), Shang dynasty (about 1600-1046 BC). Segments of turtle plastrons and bones of oxen, polished, burned, with carved inscriptions

Divination Mirror, 900 / 600 B. C. Creator: Unknown
Divination Mirror, 900/600 B.C

Tapper (Iroke Ifa), Nigeria, 17th or 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Tapper (Iroke Ifa), Nigeria, 17th or 18th century

Saiko Hajime, ca. 1790. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Saiko Hajime, ca. 1790

La mejor suerte (Good fortune). Creator: Zuloaga y Zabaleto, Ignacio (1870-1945)
La mejor suerte (Good fortune). Private Collection

La Buenaventura, c. 1922. Creator: Romero de Torres, Julio (1874-1930)
La Buenaventura, c. 1922. Private Collection

Astrology, early 16th century. Creator: Parmigianino
Astrology, early 16th century

Psyches father consulting the oracle, from The Fable of Psyche, 1530-60

The Fortune Teller, 1617. Creator: Vouet, Simon (1590-1649)
The Fortune Teller, 1617. Found in the Collection of Galleria Nazionale d Arte Antica, Rome

Fortune Teller with Crystal Ball. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Fortune Teller with Crystal Ball. Private Collection

The Fortune Teller, 1869. Private Collection

Clay model of a sheeps liver, Old Babylonian, c1900-1600 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq
Clay model of a sheeps liver, Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods

Artemidorus, a Greek, from the Fayyum, about AD 200 - From Corruptible to Incorruption, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume IV, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Fortune Telling Scene (Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman), 1620s. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Fortune-telling. Artist: Romero de Torres, Julio (1874-1930)
Fortune-telling. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

The Fortune Teller. Artist: Caravaggio, Michelangelo (1571-1610)
The Fortune Teller. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Fortune-teller, 1895. Artist: Vrubel, Mikhail Alexandrovich (1856-1910)
Fortune-teller, 1895. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Elijah, 1926. Artist: Frederic Shields
Elijah, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926)

Romulus consulting the Augury, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Romulus consulting the Augury, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

St John in Patmos, 1903. Artist: Hans von Kulmbach
St John in Patmos, 1903. Plate taken from The Burlington Magazine, number VII, volume III (September/October 1903)

Tom and Jerry, catching Kate and Sue on the fly, having their fortunes told, 19th century. Kate and Sue having their fortunes read in the cards (Cartomancy) by an old woman

Joseph Interpreting Pharaohs Dream, early 20th century. Artist: Margaret Dovaston
Joseph Interpreting Pharaohs Dream, early 20th century. Modern depiction of a story from the Bible, showing Joseph with the Egyptian pharaoh

The Necromancer, ca 1775. Artist: Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781)
The Necromancer, ca 1775. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Landscape with a Scene of Enchantment, ca 1590. Artist: Fiammingo, Paolo (c. 1540-1596)
Landscape with a Scene of Enchantment, ca 1590. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Good Luck, 1595. Artist: Caravaggio, Michelangelo (1571-1610)
Good Luck, 1595. Found in the collection of the Musei Capitolini, Rome

Merry Company with Fortune Teller, 1631. Artist: Valentin de Boullogne (1591-1632)
Merry Company with Fortune Teller, 1631. Found in the collection of the Liechtenstein Museum

Occultist, c19th century

Nostradamus, 16th century French physician and astrologer, 1725. Portrait of Nostradamus or Michel de Nostredame (1503-1556) who wrote a series of famous but vague prophecies

Synopsis of the diviners arts, 1617-1619. Chiromancy, prophecy, mnemonics, physiognomy, pyramidology, geomancy, astrology, the seven sources of human knowledge. From Utriusque cosmi

Chinese dish showing a divination scene, 17th century
Chinese dish showing sages with the ying-yang symbol, used for divination, 17th century

Etruscan bronze of an augur watching the flight of birds, 6th century BC
An Etruscan bronze of an augur watching the flight of birds for divination, 6th century BC

Chiromancy, 1617-1619. Title page of a chapter on chiromancy from Robert Fludds Utriusque cosmi...historia, showing the lines of the hand. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Daniel interpreting the writing on the wall at the feast of Belshazzar, king of Babylon. The writing read Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin (You are weighed in the scales and found wanting)

Joseph interpreting Pharaohs dream, 1493. One of 12 Hebrew Patriarchs, Joseph interpreted the dream as meaning there would be seven fat years and seven lean years

A visit to a fortune teller, early 19th century. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
A visit to a fortune teller, early 19th century. Kate and Sue having their fortunes read in the cards (Cartomancy) by an old woman

Spartans asking the Oracle at Delphi whether to make war against Athens, c431 BC (1910). The Priestess of the temple of Apollo at Delphi was the most famous Ancient Greek oracle

Consulting the Delphic Oracle, 19th century. Known as Pythia, or Sybil, the Priestess of the temple of Apollo at Delphi was the most famous Ancient Greek oracle

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