The Gypsy Fortuneteller
The Gypsy Fortuneteller is a Baroque painting, made in 1594 by Italian painter Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
This painting depicts a floppily-dressed boy getting his palm read by a gypsy girl. What really is interesting about the painting, is that if you look closely, the gypsy girl is smoothly coaxing the boy's gold ring off his finger as she reads his palm.
I think this is self-explanatory - the painting stereotypes the gypsies to be thieves, with even this smiling, nice-looking woman being a thief. The discrimination against them here is blatant.
This painting depicts a floppily-dressed boy getting his palm read by a gypsy girl. What really is interesting about the painting, is that if you look closely, the gypsy girl is smoothly coaxing the boy's gold ring off his finger as she reads his palm.
I think this is self-explanatory - the painting stereotypes the gypsies to be thieves, with even this smiling, nice-looking woman being a thief. The discrimination against them here is blatant.