... 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. The so-called genre, depicting scenes of everyday life, but with a hidden or underlying meaning intended for the edification of the observant spectator. Two themes from Caravaggio's early years can be placed in the ... category of genre painting: one representing a card game is unfortunately lost; the other is the Fortune Teller. This theme is preserved in this painting, which is probably original. ...

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